vmw_view_destroy(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so, in the Kernel API Manual, vmw_view_destroy(9) is literally the function that destroys a hardware view, and I'm obsessed with how straightforward that is 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int vmw_view_destroy (struct vmw_resource *res );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• res — pointer to the view resource, periodt 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Destroy a hardware view. It's typically used when the owning process terminates unexpectedly 😭 or when the surface the view is pointing to gets destroyed. no cap, that's the whole vibe.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_so.c, and here's the full squad of related pages (iykyk):

• struct vmw_view(9)
• struct vmw_view_define(9)
• vmw_view(9)
• vmw_view_commit_notify(9)
• vmw_view_create(9)
• vmw_hw_view_destroy(9)
• vmw_view_key(9)
• vmw_view_id_ok(9)
• vmw_view_res_free(9)
• vmw_view_add(9)
• vmw_view_remove(9)
• vmw_view_cotable_list_destroy(9)
• vmw_view_surface_list_destroy(9)
• vmw_view_srf(9)
• vmw_view_lookup(9)
• vmw_view_dirtying(9)

okay bye bestie — this one came from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's dated October 2026, mwah 💋