vmw_rebind_contexts(9)
π NAME π
okay so bestie, this is vmw_rebind_contexts(9) from the kernel API manual, and it does exactly one iconic thing: rebind all resources that were previously bound to referenced contexts. that's the whole vibe. no cap. π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
int vmw_rebind_contexts (struct vmw_sw_context *sw_context );
π ARGUMENTS π
sw_contextβ Pointer to the software context. that's it, that's the whole argument list, she's low maintenance π
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
So here's the situation: some context binding points got scrubbed because of eviction (rude of eviction tbh π), and this function's entire personality is going "nvm, we're putting them back." it rebinds those binding points, and that's the whole story. short, sweet, main character energy, periodt. β¨
π SEE ALSO π
like, go read these next, iykyk π
- Kernel file
./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c 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_execbuf_res_val_add(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_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)
πΈ the cute lil sign-off πΈ
this gem lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's filed under vmw_rebind_contexts(9) in the kernel API manual. slay, go rebind those contexts bestie ππ¦β
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms