vmw_validation_add_bo(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 vmw_validation_add_bo — the Kernel API Manual glow-up (section 9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is vmw_validation_add_bo — the little function whose whole entire job is to add a buffer object to the validation context. that's it. that's the vibe. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

vmw_validation_add_bo — Add a buffer object to the validation context.

like, literally what it says on the tin, no cap. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int vmw_validation_add_bo (struct vmw_validation_context *ctx , struct
       vmw_bo *vbo );

look at her go 😭 two structs and an int, she's giving efficient queen.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ctx — The validation context. the vibes container, the group chat itself, if you will 🫶
  • vbo — The buffer object. the bo in question, the one being added, the guest of honor 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Zero on success, negative error code otherwise.

so like: 0 = slayed, ate, left no crumbs ✨. anything negative = it did NOT go off, bestie, check your error code 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the actual source, the mothership herself:

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c

and then the whole extended friend group, fr fr, every single one of them:

like that is a WHOLE friend group and they're all invited to the function call 🧚💜

and that's the page, bestie. every flag, every struct, every (9) — all accounted for, none skipped, we do not leave details behind in this house 🫶

sign-off time 🎀 this iconic little number lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and she was dated October 2026 — so like, future queen behavior honestly 👑✨ love that for her. mwah, go add those buffer objects responsibly 💖

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