vmw_validation_preload_res(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vmw_validation_preload_res(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's about vmw_validation_preload_res — yes that's a whole mouthful, we're saying it with our chest 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_validation_preload_res — prep the validation memory allocator ahead of time so a later call to vmw_validation_add_res() doesn't have to go scrambling 😌✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int vmw_validation_preload_res (struct vmw_validation_context *ctx ,
       unsigned int size );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ctx — a pointer to the validation context, the main character of this whole situation 💅
  • size — how big the validation node extra data is. the deets are below, keep reading 🫶

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so here's the vibe: Iff this function comes back successful, then the next call to vmw_validation_add_res with the same size or smaller is guaranteed not to sleep 😴🚫 — like, it's already got everything it needs, no napping on the job.

lowkey important: if you get an error back, that's not fatal — it just voids the guarantee. so no cap, you can keep going, you just lost the "won't sleep" promise. adjust your expectations accordingly 🙈

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • Zero — slay, it worked 💖
  • -EINVAL — otherwise 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_validation.c and honestly the whole validation friend group 👑:

aaaand that's the whole page bestie 🧚✨ this came out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx with an October 2026 date stamp, manual vmw_validation_preload_res(9) — ily, go preload responsibly 💜🎀

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