vmw_sou_readback_clip(9)

💖 vmw_sou_readback_clip(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today’s main character is vmw_sou_readback_clip(9), and honestly? She’s here to do one little callback job and slay while doing it. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_sou_readback_clip — callback to encode a readback cliprect. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

no cap, here’s the whole signature, copy it exact:

void vmw_sou_readback_clip (struct vmw_kms_dirty *dirty );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• dirty — the closure structure. that’s the whole argument, bestie 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the vibe is literally this: it encodes a BLIT_SCREEN_TO_GMRFB cliprect. that’s it. that’s the assignment. iconic, lowkey. ✨

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🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

peep these, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_scrn.c + struct vmw_kms_sou_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_sou_crtc_mode_set_nofb(9)
• vmw_sou_crtc_helper_prepare(9)
• vmw_sou_crtc_atomic_disable(9)
• vmw_sou_primary_plane_cleanup_fb(9)
• vmw_sou_primary_plane_prepare_fb(9)
• vmw_sou_plane_update_bo(9)
• vmw_sou_plane_update_surface(9)
• vmw_sou_surface_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_sou_surface_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_sou_do_surface_dirty(9)
• vmw_sou_bo_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_sou_bo_clip(9)
• vmw_kms_sou_do_bo_dirty(9)
• vmw_sou_readback_fifo_commit(9)
• vmw_kms_sou_readback(9)

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that’s the whole page, bestie — from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026. mwah 💋✨