vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query(9)

💅 vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query — kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, quick vibe check: this is the manual page for vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query(9), living in the kernel API manual. Yes, it's one of those pages — a tiny function with a giant SEE ALSO list. We're doing it. Together. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query — validate SVGA_3D_CMD_BEGIN_GB_QUERY command.

like, that's literally the whole job. it checks that command. that's it. and honestly? iconic of it. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query (struct vmw_private *dev_priv , struct
       vmw_sw_context *sw_context , SVGA3dCmdHeader *header );

three pointers walk into a function and it returns an int. no cap. 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — Pointer to a device private struct. your device's whole little private diary, basically. 🙈
• sw_context — The software context used for this command submission. it's the software-side context doing the submitting, bestie.
• header — Pointer to the command header in the command stream. the little name tag at the front of the command so everyone knows what it is. 🏷️

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral. buckle up. 🍓

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c, plus:

• struct vmw_relocation(9)
• enum vmw_resource_relocation_type(9)
• struct vmw_resource_relocation(9)
• struct vmw_ctx_validation_info(9)
• struct vmw_cmd_entry(9)
• vmw_ptr_diff(9)
• vmw_execbuf_bindings_commit(9)
• vmw_bind_dx_query_mob(9)
• vmw_cmd_ctx_first_setup(9)
• vmw_execbuf_res_size(9)
• vmw_execbuf_rcache_update(9)
• vmw_execbuf_res_val_add(9)
• vmw_view_res_val_add(9)
• vmw_view_id_val_add(9)
• vmw_resource_context_res_add(9)
• vmw_resource_relocation_add(9)
• vmw_resource_relocations_free(9)
• vmw_resource_relocations_apply(9)
• vmw_resources_reserve(9)
• vmw_cmd_res_check(9)
• vmw_rebind_all_dx_query(9)
• vmw_rebind_contexts(9)
• vmw_view_bindings_add(9)
• vmw_cmd_cid_check(9)
• vmw_execbuf_info_from_res(9)
• vmw_query_bo_switch_prepare(9)
• vmw_query_bo_switch_commit(9)
• vmw_translate_mob_ptr(9)
• vmw_translate_guest_ptr(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_bind_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_begin_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_end_gb_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_end_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_wait_gb_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_wait_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_res_switch_backup(9)
• vmw_cmd_switch_backup(9)
• vmw_cmd_bind_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_update_gb_image(9)
• vmw_cmd_update_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_readback_gb_image(9)
• vmw_cmd_readback_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_image(9)
• vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_shader_define(9)
• vmw_cmd_shader_destroy(9)
• vmw_cmd_set_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_set_shader_const(9)
• vmw_cmd_bind_gb_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_single_constant_buffer(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_constant_buffer_offset(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader_res(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_vertex_buffers(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_rendertargets(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_clear_rendertarget_view(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_clear_depthstencil_view(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_so_targets(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_check_subresource(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_view_remove(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_define_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_destroy_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_bind_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_genmips(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_transfer_from_buffer(9)
• vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9)
• vmw_execbuf_copy_fence_user(9)
• vmw_execbuf_submit_fifo(9)
• vmw_execbuf_submit_cmdbuf(9)
• vmw_execbuf_cmdbuf(9)
• vmw_execbuf_unpin_panic(9)
• __vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9)
• vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9)

like… that's the whole family tree. every single one. we did not skip a crumb. 💀✨

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bestie note: the file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c — that's where the real action lives if you wanna go read the source. iykyk. 📂

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💖 sign-off 💖

that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and rounded out with vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query(9) — which, yes, is also the name of the page you just read. meta. 🌀 slay, go validate those commands bestie 💅🌈⭐