vmw_cmdbuf_preempt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the vmw_cmdbuf_preempt(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that Kernel API Manual — and we're about to make this kernel command-buffer moment make sense 🫶✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_cmdbuf_preempt — send a preempt command through the device context. That's the name, that's the mission, and honestly it ate 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_cmdbuf_preempt (struct vmw_cmdbuf_man *man , u32 context );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • man — the command buffer manager. That's the manager doing the command-buffer managing, no cap.
  • context — device context to pass command through. Yes, the device context is the whole pass-through vibe here.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Synchronously sends a preempt command. That's the entire plot, bestie — synchronous, preempt command, send it. The sync is lowkey right there in the word, and that's iconic 💅

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cmdbuf.c — and here's the whole friend group, all present and accounted for:

mwah 💖 before you go: this cutie's source/version is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, the date on it is October 2026, and the manual page is vmw_cmdbuf_preempt(9). go forth and preempt responsibly, bestie 💅✨

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