vmw_cmdbuf_commit(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vmw_cmdbuf_commit — the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to vmw_cmdbuf_commit(9) from the Kernel API Manual. This is the little function that goes "yeah, we're done writing commands into this command buffer, ship it" — and honestly? iconic behavior. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_cmdbuf_commit — commit commands in a command buffer.

Like, that's literally it. You wrote commands, now you commit them. Main character energy fr fr.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void vmw_cmdbuf_commit (struct vmw_cmdbuf_man *man , size_t size ,
       struct vmw_cmdbuf_header *header , bool flush );

Returns void, which means no receipts, no "did it work" — it just does the thing. Lowkey freeing ngl. 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

Every parameter gets its moment, no skips, no "you can ignore this one" (you can't):

  • man — the command buffer manager. Your girlboss supervisor of the whole operation. 👑
  • size — the size of the commands actually written. Not the size you meant to write, not the size you told everyone at the party — the actual size. Be honest with her. 💀
  • header — header of the command buffer. It's NULL if the current command buffer should be used. So like, pass NULL and go with the flow, or hand over a header and be all specific about it. Either way, valid. 🎀
  • flush — whether to flush the command buffer immediately. true = do it now now, no waiting. false = we'll get to it, chill. ⚡

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

So many friends in the ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmdbuf.c Kernel file — genuinely a whole group chat, and they're all invited:

ngl bestie, that's 37 cross-references plus a file path. You are not running out of reading material tonight. 😭📚

💖 and that's the whole page, periodt 💖

Big slay sign-off: this one lives under ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's filed as vmw_cmdbuf_commit(9). Go commit some commands, you absolute legend. 🧚‍♀️⭐🙈

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