vmw_view(9)

💅 vmw_view — bestie's guide to the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so like. hi. you're looking at vmw_view(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 and honestly? this one's short and sweet. no cap, it's a little baby page. but every word matters so let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_view — the glow-up function that converts a struct vmw_resource into a struct vmw_view 🦋

like. it's giving transformation arc. main character energy fr.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct vmw_view * vmw_view (struct vmw_resource *res );

yep. that's the whole thing. she's simple. she's iconic. periodt 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• res — a pointer to the resource you wanna convert. that's it. that's the vibe. hand her the resource and she'll hand you back the view ✨

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Returns a pointer to a struct vmw_view. 🎀

and honestly? that's the entire description. no secret lore, no hidden caveats, no dramatic warnings. she returns a pointer, you take the pointer, everybody's happy. ate and left no crumbs 👑

ngl bestie, this is the shortest description i've ever seen and i respect it so much. lowkey iconic.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is where it gets juicy — there's a whole squad of related functions and omg there are SO many. buckle up 🧚

• Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_so.c — the actual file where this all lives, go read it iykyk 📖
• struct vmw_view(9) — the struct itself, the icon, the moment
• struct vmw_view_define(9) — the definition one, related but different, don't mix them up bestie 😭
• vmw_view_commit_notify(9) — for when you need a notification about a commit 💫
• vmw_view_create(9) — making a view, birth of a legend 🌱
• vmw_view_destroy(9) — bye bye view, we hardly knew ye 💀
• vmw_hw_view_destroy(9) — the hardware-flavoured destroy, slightly different vibe 🔥
• vmw_view_key(9) — the key one, keys are important 🗝️
• vmw_view_id_ok(9) — vibe check for ids, is this id okay? find out ✨
• vmw_view_res_free(9) — freeing resources, very responsible of you 🫶
• vmw_view_add(9) — adding a view to the situation ➕
• vmw_view_remove(9) — taking it back out, no hard feelings 🎀
• vmw_view_cotable_list_destroy(9) — destroying the cotable list, dramatic but necessary 😤
• vmw_view_surface_list_destroy(9) — same energy but for the surface list 🌸
• vmw_view_srf(9) — the srf one, obsessed 🦋
• vmw_view_lookup(9) — find yourself a view, go looking 🔍
• vmw_view_dirtying(9) — the dirtying one, get a little messy 💅

like i said. a whole squad. go say hi to all of them fr fr 🌟

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and that's the page bestie!! 💖 you made it to the end, so proud of you 🫶 this one came out of ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's dated October 2026, entry vmw_view(9) — go forth and convert those resources, you absolute icon 👑✨