vmw_cotable_readback(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to vmw_cotable_readback(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this page is short and iconic, and it's literally about reading back a cotable without unbinding it. let's get into the lore 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

Read back a cotable without unbinding — periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_cotable_readback (struct vmw_resource *res );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• res — the cotable resource. that's it, that's the argument 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Reads back a cotable to its backing mob without scrubbing the MOB from the cotable. The MOB is fenced for subsequent CPU access. no cap, that's the whole behavior 😭✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay these are the linked besties:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_cotable.c
• struct vmw_cotable(9)
• struct vmw_cotable_info(9)
• vmw_cotable(9)
• vmw_cotable_destroy(9)
• vmw_cotable_unscrub(9)
• vmw_cotable_bind(9)
• vmw_cotable_scrub(9)
• vmw_cotable_unbind(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)

sign-off cutie: source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and the manual is vmw_cotable_readback(9) — bye bestie 💖🦋🎀