vmw_swap_notify(9)

💅 vmw_swap_notify(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual era 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for vmw_swap_notify(9), and honestly? it's a short one but it matters 💖 pull up a chair.

---

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_swap_notify — the TTM move_notify_callback. that's it, that's the whole vibe check. it's the little callback that gets pinged when TTM is doing its move-notify thing 🎀

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void vmw_swap_notify (struct ttm_buffer_object *bo );

literally one function, one argument, no return value. clean. iconic. periodt 👑

---

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• bo — the TTM buffer object that's about to be swapped out. that's the whole thing, she's on her way out the door 🚪💨

ngl bestie, bo is literally the main character here — it's the buffer object mid-eviction, so handle with care 😭

---

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so here's the whole friend group, no cap:

• the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_ttm_buffer.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖
• __vmw_piter_non_sg_next(9)
• vmw_piter_start(9)
• vmw_ttm_unmap_from_dma(9)
• vmw_ttm_map_for_dma(9)
• vmw_ttm_map_dma(9)
• vmw_ttm_unmap_dma(9)
• vmw_bo_sg_table(9)
• vmw_move_notify(9)

like, that's the whole squad and they all show up together fr fr 💜

---

and that's the page bestie!! this icon was brought to you by ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and filed under vmw_swap_notify(9) 🌈✨ slay, go touch some buffer objects 💅🎀