vmw_resource_needs_backup(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is vmw_resource_needs_backup(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's lowkey iconic: it returns whether a resource needs a backup buffer. no cap. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool vmw_resource_needs_backup (const struct vmw_resource *res );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• res — the resource being queried, fr fr. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The whole squad, periodt:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_resource.c
• 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_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)

mwah 💋 this little gem is from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's literally vmw_resource_needs_backup(9) — slay. ✨