vmw_dumb_create(9)

💖 NAME 💖

vmw_dumb_create — Create a dumb kms buffer. This is the vmw_dumb_create(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally giving main-character energy. 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       int vmw_dumb_create (struct drm_file *file_priv , struct drm_device *dev
       , struct drm_mode_create_dumb *args );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• file_priv — pointer to a struct drm_file identifying the caller. Like, "who dis?" but in pointer form. 👀
• dev — pointer to the drm device. 🖥️
• args — pointer to a struct drm_mode_create_dumb structure. 🎀

🌈 RETURN 🌈

Returns zero on success and a negative error code on failure. No cap: zero = slay, negative = not slay. 💀✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this is a driver callback for the core drm create_dumb functionality. Ngl, it is very similar to the vmw_bo_alloc ioctl, except that the arguments have a different format. That's the tea. 🍵💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c and this iconic crew:

• struct vmw_user_surface(9)
• struct vmw_surface_offset(9)
• struct vmw_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_size(9)
• vmw_surface_define_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_define_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_encode(9)
• vmw_hw_surface_destroy(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_create(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_dma(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_bind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_unbind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_destroy(9)
• vmw_surface_init(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_to_res(9)
• vmw_user_surface_free(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_release(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_create(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_internal(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_internal(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_add(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_full(9)

Sign-off tea ☕: this page came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and yes bestie, it's vmw_dumb_create(9). Byeee, ily! 💖✨