vmw_cmdbuf_cur_flush(9)

Okay bestie, this is vmw_cmdbuf_cur_flush(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the manual name is right there, and we are officially in our kernel-command-buffer era. 💖✨

💖 NAME 💖

vmw_cmdbuf_cur_flush — flush the current command buffer for small kernel command submissions. That's the function, that's the mission, and she's iconic for it. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the exact signature, copied with love and zero edits:

int vmw_cmdbuf_cur_flush (struct vmw_cmdbuf_man *man , bool
       interruptible );

Yep, it returns an int. Not me double-checking the synopsis, but also me double-checking the synopsis. 😭

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• man — the command buffer manager. Basically the manager of the command buffer situation. 👑
• interruptible — whether to sleep interruptible when sleeping. That's the whole vibe of this argument, no extra lore. 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Flushes the current command buffer without allocating a new one. Then, when a new one is needed, it's allocated automatically. So it's a flush, not a whole new-buffer moment — until the new-buffer moment is needed. slay. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

If you want the full lore drop, these are the references, all of them, in the original order, periodt:

• The kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmdbuf.c
• struct vmw_cmdbuf_context(9)
• struct vmw_cmdbuf_man(9)
• struct vmw_cmdbuf_header(9)
• struct vmw_cmdbuf_dheader(9)
• struct vmw_cmdbuf_alloc_info(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_cur_lock(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_cur_unlock(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_header_inline_free(9)
• __vmw_cmdbuf_header_free(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_header_free(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_header_submit(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_ctx_init(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_ctx_submit(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_ctx_process(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_man_process(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_ctx_add(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_irqthread(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_work_func(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_man_idle(9)
• __vmw_cmdbuf_cur_flush(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_idle(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_try_alloc(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_alloc_space(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_space_pool(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_space_inline(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_alloc(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_reserve_cur(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_commit_cur(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_reserve(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_commit(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_send_device_command(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_preempt(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_startstop(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_set_pool_size(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_man_create(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_remove_pool(9)
• vmw_cmdbuf_man_destroy(9)

xoxo, your source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, and the date on this page is October 2026 — mwah 💖🎀🫶