vmw_execbuf_res_val_add(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, meet vmw_execbuf_res_val_add(9) from the Kernel API Manual — and its whole main-character job is literally “Add a resource to the validation list.” no cap, that’s the vibe 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vmw_execbuf_res_val_add (struct vmw_sw_context *sw_context , struct
       vmw_resource *res , u32 dirty , u32 flags );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• sw_context — pointer to the software context. 🫶
• res — unreferenced rcu-protected pointer to the resource. bestie, that exact descriptor matters — it’s unreferenced and rcu-protected. 💖
• dirty — whether to change dirty status. yes, the dirty-status vibe check. 🫧
• flags — specifies whether to use the context or not. simple as that. ✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success. Negative error code on failure. Typical error codes are -EINVAL on inconsistency and -ESRCH if the resource was doomed. 😭 doomed resource is such a tragic little plot twist, but okay.

not me warning you to actually check that return value — the manpage says negative error code on failure, and we respect the lore. 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c plus this absolutely stacked friend group of references — every single one is here, bestie, no skips:

• struct vmw_relocation(9)
• enum vmw_resource_relocation_type(9)
• struct vmw_resource_relocation(9)
• struct vmw_ctx_validation_info(9)
• struct vmw_cmd_entry(9)
• vmw_ptr_diff(9)
• vmw_execbuf_bindings_commit(9)
• vmw_bind_dx_query_mob(9)
• vmw_cmd_ctx_first_setup(9)
• vmw_execbuf_res_size(9)
• vmw_execbuf_rcache_update(9)
• vmw_view_res_val_add(9)
• vmw_view_id_val_add(9)
• vmw_resource_context_res_add(9)
• vmw_resource_relocation_add(9)
• vmw_resource_relocations_free(9)
• vmw_resource_relocations_apply(9)
• vmw_resources_reserve(9)
• vmw_cmd_res_check(9)
• vmw_rebind_all_dx_query(9)
• vmw_rebind_contexts(9)
• vmw_view_bindings_add(9)
• vmw_cmd_cid_check(9)
• vmw_execbuf_info_from_res(9)
• vmw_query_bo_switch_prepare(9)
• vmw_query_bo_switch_commit(9)
• vmw_translate_mob_ptr(9)
• vmw_translate_guest_ptr(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_bind_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_begin_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_end_gb_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_end_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_wait_gb_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_wait_query(9)
• vmw_cmd_res_switch_backup(9)
• vmw_cmd_switch_backup(9)
• vmw_cmd_bind_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_update_gb_image(9)
• vmw_cmd_update_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_readback_gb_image(9)
• vmw_cmd_readback_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_image(9)
• vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_surface(9)
• vmw_cmd_shader_define(9)
• vmw_cmd_shader_destroy(9)
• vmw_cmd_set_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_set_shader_const(9)
• vmw_cmd_bind_gb_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_single_constant_buffer(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_constant_buffer_offset(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader_res(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_vertex_buffers(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_rendertargets(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_clear_rendertarget_view(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_clear_depthstencil_view(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_set_so_targets(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_check_subresource(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_view_remove(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_define_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_destroy_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_bind_shader(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_genmips(9)
• vmw_cmd_dx_transfer_from_buffer(9)
• vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9)
• vmw_execbuf_copy_fence_user(9)
• vmw_execbuf_submit_fifo(9)
• vmw_execbuf_submit_cmdbuf(9)
• vmw_execbuf_cmdbuf(9)
• vmw_execbuf_unpin_panic(9)
• __vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9)
• vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and the page is vmw_execbuf_res_val_add(9). bye bestie — go validate those resources responsibly! 🫶🎀