vmw_cotable_destroy(9)

💅 vmw_cotable_destroy(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the vmw_cotable_destroy(9) page — that's section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and yes we're gonna read it together, it's short and it's kinda iconic for it.

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_cotable_destroy — the cotable resource destroy callback. that's it. that's the whole name. a callback, for destroying, on a cotable resource. slay.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int vmw_cotable_destroy (struct vmw_resource *res );

like, it takes one thing and it gives you back an int. simple. clean. no notes.

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• res — pointer to the cotable resource. that's your main character right there, the thing being destroyed.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: there is no device cotable destroy command. like, it just doesn't exist. the hardware never gave us one, so this function has nothing fancy to send anywhere.

so what does it actually do? it only makes sure that the resource id is set to invalid. that's the whole job. it's giving "i'm just here to make sure the id says invalid, and then i'm leaving." lowkey efficient, highkey iconic.

not me expecting a big dramatic teardown and it's literally just invalidating a resource id 😭 but honestly? respect. it does exactly what it says and nothing more.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these next, bestie, they're all in the same friend group:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cotable.c
• struct vmw_cotable(9)
• struct vmw_cotable_info(9)
• vmw_cotable(9)
• vmw_cotable_unscrub(9)
• vmw_cotable_bind(9)
• vmw_cotable_scrub(9)
• vmw_cotable_unbind(9)
• vmw_cotable_readback(9)
• vmw_cotable_resize(9)
• vmw_cotable_create(9)
• vmw_hw_cotable_destroy(9)
• vmw_cotable_free(9)
• vmw_cotable_alloc(9)
• vmw_cotable_notify(9)
• vmw_cotable_add_resource(9)

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and that's the page!! 🫶 mwah. this masterpiece lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's stamped October 2026 — so like, remember the date, remember the path, and remember that the resource id is invalid. bye bestie 💖✨