vmw_view_id_val_add(9)

💅 vmw_view_id_val_add(9) — the "go find that view and validate it" girlie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the vmw_view_id_val_add(9) one, we're doing this 💖), and honestly? it's a lil function with a big job. let me walk you through it.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct vmw_resource * vmw_view_id_val_add (struct vmw_sw_context
*sw_context , enum vmw_view_type view_type , u32 id );

like, look at her. returns a struct vmw_resource *, takes three things. she's serving signature and we're obsessed 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sw_context — the software context holding the validation list. it's the lil keeper of the list, the girl with the clipboard, the one who remembers everything ✨
• view_type — the view type to look up. gotta know what kind of view we're hunting for, iykyk 🦋
• id — the view id of the view. this is literally the name tag at the door 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the way this works: a view is represented by a view id and the DX context it's created on, or scheduled for creation on. that's the duo. the pairing. the main character energy 👑

but if there's no DX context set? bestie, it does not pass the vibe check. the function will return an -EINVAL error pointer. no context, no vibes, no view. periodt 💀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• success girlies get an unreferenced pointer to the resource 💖
• and if it goes wrong, you get a negative error pointer 😭

lowkey straightforward, no notes.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this part is a lot and I'm not skipping a single one, because every link in this friend group matters. grab a snack, we're going through all of them:

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c — plus struct vmw_relocation(9), enum vmw_resource_relocation_type(9), struct vmw_resource_relocation(9), struct vmw_ctx_validation_info(9), struct vmw_cmd_entry(9), vmw_ptr_diff(9), vmw_execbuf_bindings_commit(9), vmw_bind_dx_query_mob(9), vmw_cmd_ctx_first_setup(9), vmw_execbuf_res_size(9), vmw_execbuf_rcache_update(9), vmw_execbuf_res_val_add(9), vmw_view_res_val_add(9), vmw_resource_context_res_add(9), vmw_resource_relocation_add(9), vmw_resource_relocations_free(9), vmw_resource_relocations_apply(9), vmw_resources_reserve(9), vmw_cmd_res_check(9), vmw_rebind_all_dx_query(9), vmw_rebind_contexts(9), vmw_view_bindings_add(9), vmw_cmd_cid_check(9), vmw_execbuf_info_from_res(9), vmw_query_bo_switch_prepare(9), vmw_query_bo_switch_commit(9), vmw_translate_mob_ptr(9), vmw_translate_guest_ptr(9), vmw_cmd_dx_define_query(9), vmw_cmd_dx_bind_query(9), vmw_cmd_begin_gb_query(9), vmw_cmd_begin_query(9), vmw_cmd_end_gb_query(9), vmw_cmd_end_query(9), vmw_cmd_wait_gb_query(9), vmw_cmd_wait_query(9), vmw_cmd_res_switch_backup(9), vmw_cmd_switch_backup(9), vmw_cmd_bind_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_update_gb_image(9), vmw_cmd_update_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_readback_gb_image(9), vmw_cmd_readback_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_image(9), vmw_cmd_invalidate_gb_surface(9), vmw_cmd_shader_define(9), vmw_cmd_shader_destroy(9), vmw_cmd_set_shader(9), vmw_cmd_set_shader_const(9), vmw_cmd_bind_gb_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_single_constant_buffer(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_constant_buffer_offset(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader_res(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_vertex_buffers(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_index_buffer(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_rendertargets(9), vmw_cmd_dx_clear_rendertarget_view(9), vmw_cmd_dx_clear_depthstencil_view(9), vmw_cmd_dx_set_so_targets(9), vmw_cmd_dx_check_subresource(9), vmw_cmd_dx_view_remove(9), vmw_cmd_dx_define_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_destroy_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_bind_shader(9), vmw_cmd_dx_genmips(9), vmw_cmd_dx_transfer_from_buffer(9), vmw_cmd_intra_surface_copy(9), vmw_execbuf_copy_fence_user(9), vmw_execbuf_submit_fifo(9), vmw_execbuf_submit_cmdbuf(9), vmw_execbuf_cmdbuf(9), vmw_execbuf_unpin_panic(9), __vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9), vmw_execbuf_release_pinned_bo(9).

that's the whole squad. every single one. no cap 🔥

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okay that's the page!! sourced from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026, and it's literally the vmw_view_id_val_add(9) manual entry — she ate and left no crumbs 👑✨ bye bestie, go validate some views 🧚💜