vmw_cmd_shader_define(9)

💅 vmw_cmd_shader_define — a Kernel API Manual moment 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to vmw_cmd_shader_define(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet and honestly kind of a baddie — it's the little validator that looks at a SVGA_3D_CMD_SHADER_DEFINE command and goes "mmhm, okay, that's valid" 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cmd_shader_define — validate the SVGA_3D_CMD_SHADER_DEFINE command 👑

like, that's it, that's the whole job. it checks the thing. it slays. periodt 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

returns an int, takes three things, very demure, very mindful 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev_priv — a pointer to a device private struct, iykyk 💖 this is the device's own little private diary.
• sw_context — the software context being used for this batch ✨ like, the vibe-space this whole batch of commands is running in.
• header — pointer to the command header in the command stream 🎀 the actual spot in the stream where this command starts. main character energy.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this list is long long, but we do not skip. we never skip. every single one, in order, no cap 🙈:

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c 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_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 friend group. every one of them got an invite 🫶

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🧚 this little icon lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, and it's dated October 2026 — so go read it then and think of me 💜 mwah 💋