vmw_view_dirtying(9)

💅 vmw_view_dirtying — the kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so you're reading the vmw_view_dirtying(9) page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? It's a little guy with a big job. Let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

vmw_view_dirtying — returns whether a view type is dirtying its resource 👀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 vmw_view_dirtying (struct vmw_resource *res );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• res — a pointer to the view. That's it, that's the whole argument, she's lowkey minimal and we respect it 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe: every single time a resource gets put on the validation list as the result of a view pointing to it, we gotta figure out whether that resource is gonna get dirtied — meaning written to by the GPU — as a result of the corresponding GPU operation. No cap, that's the whole question this function answers 🙈

And currently? Only three view types are capable of dirtying their resource:

• rendertarget views
• depth-stencil views
• unordered access views

That's the list, periodt ✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

It returns whether the view type of res dirties the resource it points to. Iconic behaviour, honestly 👑

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_so.c, plus the whole friend group:

• struct vmw_view(9)
• struct vmw_view_define(9)
• vmw_view(9)
• vmw_view_commit_notify(9)
• vmw_view_create(9)
• vmw_view_destroy(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)

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Bestie, quick vibe check before you go: this page lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and it's dated October 2026 — go read the source, vmw_view_dirtying(9) is right there waiting for you 🧚‍♀️💖

Slay, you read the whole manpage. Byeee 💫