vmw_surface_init(9)

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_surface_init — initialize a struct vmw_surface, periodt. This is the Kernel API Manual page vmw_surface_init(9), and it’s literally here to help you get that surface struct set up. No cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int vmw_surface_init (struct vmw_private *dev_priv , struct vmw_surface
       *srf , void (*res_free) (struct vmw_resource *res) );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay bestie, there are three inputs here, and they’re all kinda main-character energy:

• dev_priv — pointer to a device private struct. That’s the whole descriptor, fr fr.
• srf — pointer to the struct vmw_surface to initialize. Iconic. This is the struct getting its moment.
• res_free — pointer to a resource destructor used to free the object. It’s the cleanup function pointer, the “bye babe” moment. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so the rabbit hole is real, and here is every single reference, no skips, no summaries:

• 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_destroy_encode(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_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)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this page says source/version ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and date October 2026 — slay, go init that surface. 💖✨🎀