vmw_surface_destroy_encode(9)

💅 vmw_surface_destroy_encode(9) 💅

okay so this page is straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “tiny encoder, main character energy” ✨. The function is vmw_surface_destroy_encode, and its whole vibe is: encode a surface_destroy command. No cap, that’s the lore 💖.

🎀 NAME 🎀

vmw_surface_destroy_encode — Encode a surface_destroy command 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, the signature is literally:

void vmw_surface_destroy_encode (uint32_t id , void *cmd_space );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• id — the surface id, periodt 💅
• cmd_space — pointer to the memory area in which the commands should be encoded ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay bestie, here’s the whole cross-reference friend group, and yes, every single one is invited to the group chat 🫶:

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_surface.c 📁
• struct vmw_user_surface(9) 🌸
• struct vmw_surface_offset(9) 🌸
• struct vmw_surface_dirty(9) 🌸
• vmw_surface_dma_size(9)
• vmw_surface_define_size(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_size(9)
• vmw_surface_define_encode(9)
• vmw_surface_dma_encode(9)
• vmw_hw_surface_destroy(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_create(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_dma(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_bind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_unbind(9)
• vmw_legacy_srf_destroy(9)
• vmw_surface_init(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_to_res(9)
• vmw_user_surface_free(9)
• vmw_user_surface_base_release(9)
• vmw_surface_destroy_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_create(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_ext_ioctl(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_define_internal(9)
• vmw_gb_surface_reference_internal(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_add(9)
• vmw_subres_dirty_full(9)
• vmw_dumb_create(9)

mwah 💋 this page is stamped with source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and date October 2026 at the bottom, so that’s the official cute sign-off: source + version + date, slay 🫶💖