vmw_shader_key(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to vmw_shader_key(9) — it's a Kernel API Manual page and we're gonna get through it together, no cap 🫶✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_shader_key — compute a hash key suitable for a compat shader. that's the name, that's the vibe, periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the call is literally this, character for character:

u32 vmw_shader_key (u32 user_key , SVGA3dShaderType shader_type );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • user_key — user space id of the shader. iykyk 🦋
  • shader_type — shader type. that's it, bestie 💜

💫 DESCRIPTION 💫

so what does it do? it returns a hash key suitable for a command buffer managed resource manager hash table. that's the whole description, and honestly? iconic ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_shader.c — yes, exactly that path, bestie 🧚

also these friends are linked up in SEE ALSO:

k byeee 💖 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, date: October 2026 🎀

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