vmw_resource_buf_alloc(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, this is vmw_resource_buf_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual — and the whole flex is: Allocate a guest memory buffer for a resource. periodt 💖

💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

the signature is giving kernel function realness, and it goes exactly like this:

int vmw_resource_buf_alloc (struct vmw_resource *res , bool
       interruptible );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• res — the resource for which to allocate a gbo buffer. that's the target, bestie 🎯
• interruptible — whether any sleeps during allocation should be performed while interruptible. yes, that's the whole vibe 😴

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c — that's where it lives, iykyk 🫶

and the see-also squad, all of them, no cap:

• 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_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_res_type(9)
• vmw_resource_dirty_update(9)
• vmw_resources_clean(9)

okay that's the page, mwah 💋 — footer credit goes to source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, date October 2026, and the manual name vmw_resource_buf_alloc(9). byeee, go allocate something cute 🫶✨