vmw_legacy_srf_bind(9)

💅 vmw_legacy_srf_bind — the kernel API manual page, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is vmw_legacy_srf_bind(9), straight out of the kernel API manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am 🦋 no cap, it's a short one, we love a low-effort icon.

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_legacy_srf_bind — does a legacy surface bind, as one little part of the whole surface validation process 💫 it's giving "team player", it's giving "I do one job and I do it well".

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_legacy_srf_bind (struct vmw_resource *res , struct
ttm_validate_buffer *val_buf );

that's it. that's the whole signature. she's compact, she's precise, she ate 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• res — a pointer to a struct vmw_res that's embedded inside a struct vmw_surface. yes bestie, embedded, she lives inside another struct, it's giving nesting doll realness 🙈
• val_buf — a pointer to a struct ttm_validate_buffer that's carrying all the info about the backup buffer. the receipts, basically 🧾

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea: this function copies backup data over to the surface if the backup buffer is dirty 😭 like it checks the vibe (dirty? not dirty?) and only does the copy when the backup buffer needs it. conditional queen behavior, honestly 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this list is LONG, so buckle up, we're going through the whole friend group one by one, no skipping, I promised 🫶

the kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c, plus:

• 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_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)
• vmw_dumb_create(9)

like I said. whole squad. screenshot it, study it, iykyk 💀✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie — genuinely one of the shortest manpages I've ever read, and ngl I'm obsessed with her for that 🌈

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🌸 okay so this absolute cutie lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, and the page is dated October 2026 — so yeah, technically a future icon 👑 mwah, ily, go read the next manpage 🫶💖