vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9)

💅 vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character is vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9) 💖 lowkey a whole legend. buckle up.

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy — the one that validates the SVGA_3D_CMD_INTRA_SURFACE_COPY command 💅 that's literally her job, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

like… she takes three things and hands you back an int. iconic behavior honestly 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev_priv — a pointer to a device private struct, aka the VIP pass to the device's private business 🎀
• sw_context — the software context being used for this batch, she's the workspace bestie for this round ✨
• header — a pointer to the command header in the command stream, i.e. the lil name tag at the front of the command 👑

ngl, all three are pointers and you're gonna want them pointing at real things, k? 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole group chat showed up and honestly it's giving friend group 🌈 first off, the kernel file where she lives:

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

and then the entire extended fam, not one of them skipped the function 💀:

• 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_gb_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_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 seventy-something friends and every single one of them got an invite 🫶 iykyk.

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page. this lil queen lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and the calendar said October 2026 when she got her documentation moment ✨ stan a consistent kernel doc, periodt. 🦋