vmw_res_type(9)

💅 vmw_res_type — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this is vmw_res_type(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it is genuinely the shortest little icon in the whole vmwgfx friend group. no notes, she's efficient, she ate and left no crumbs 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_res_type — returns the resource type. that's it. that's the whole job. lowkey obsessed with how unbothered she is 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum vmw_res_type vmw_res_type (const struct vmw_resource *res );

literally just call her with a resource pointer and she hands you back an enum vmw_res_type. no cap, easiest function signature you'll see all week 💖

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• res — pointer to the resource. yes, it's a const struct vmw_resource *, so she's not gonna touch it, she's just gonna look respectfully 👀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c — that's the source of truth, go touch grass there 🌱

and now the whole squad, because bestie has connections:

• vmw_resource_mob_attach(9)
• vmw_resource_mob_detach(9)
• vmw_resource_release_id(9)
• vmw_resource_alloc_id(9)
• vmw_resource_init(9)
• vmw_user_resource_lookup_handle(9)
• vmw_resource_buf_alloc(9)
• vmw_resource_do_validate(9)
• vmw_resource_unreserve(9)
• vmw_resource_check_buffer(9)
• vmw_resource_backoff_reservation(9)
• vmw_resource_do_evict(9)
• vmw_resource_validate(9)
• vmw_resource_unbind_list(9)
• vmw_query_readback_all(9)
• vmw_query_move_notify(9)
• vmw_resource_needs_backup(9)
• vmw_resource_evict_type(9)
• vmw_resource_evict_all(9)
• vmw_resource_unpin(9)
• vmw_resource_dirty_update(9)
• vmw_resources_clean(9)

like, the whole friend group showed up to the function's birthday party, and honestly? that's main character energy of the highest order 👑✨

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ngl this page is small, but she's mighty, and every single one of those cross-refs matters. read them. iykyk 💅

okay bye bestie, this page came to you from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's vmw_res_type(9) forever and always 🌈💜🫶