vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 vmw_cmd_dx_define_query — the (9) kernel API manual page, bestie edition 🌸

okay so you opened the vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9) page, which means you're deep in vmwgfx kernel land and I respect that so much 🫶 this is a kernel API manual page, and it's lowkey a small one, so we can absolutely get through it together.

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cmd_dx_define_query — literally just here to validate the SVGA_3D_CMD_DX_DEFINE_QUERY command. that's it. that's the job. iconic minimalism 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

it returns an int, it takes three pointers, and it's living its best life in the kernel. no cap. ✨

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • dev_priv — Pointer to a device private struct. your main character device data lives here 🎀
  • sw_context — The software context used for this command submission. this is the vibe of the submission itself 🌸
  • header — Pointer to the command header in the command stream. you gotta know where the command starts, periodt 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

This function adds the new query into the query COTABLE.

that's the whole flex 🔥 short, sweet, and it does exactly one thing. queen behavior honestly 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c.

and now the extended friend group 💖 every single one of these, bestie, because we don't skip anybody in this house:

like, the whole vmwgfx execbuf extended universe is in here 😭 go read them all, iykyk 💀

and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one came to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9) — slay, go validate some queries bestie 🌈⭐🍓

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