vmw_view_lookup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 vmw_view_lookup(9) — aka the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the main character of this page is vmw_view_lookup. it's short, it's sweet, it's doing exactly one thing and honestly? respect. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct vmw_resource * vmw_view_lookup (struct vmw_cmdbuf_res_manager *man , enum vmw_view_type view_type , u32 user_key );

like, look at that signature. it's giving "i have three arguments and i know how to use them." 🔥

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • man — the context's cmdbuf ref manager. yes it's literally named man, no we're not gonna make it weird, it's just the manager bestie. 💅
  • view_type — the view type. that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 🦋
  • user_key — the view user id. your little lookup key, your lil finder-print, your iykyk. 🔑

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so here's the tea ☕ — it returns a refcounted pointer to a view… or an error pointer if it's not found. 😭

that's it. that's the whole function. no cap. it goes and looks up a view, and either you get your refcounted pointer (slay 💖) or you get an error pointer (not slay, but at least it's honest about it 🙈).

⚠️ heads up bestie: the returned pointer is refcounted, so you gotta handle that refcount properly or things get messy. and "error pointer if not found" means check it before you use it — don't just rawdog that return value, fr fr. 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_so.c — that's the mothership 🚀 — and here's the whole friend group, all present and accounted for, none of them skipped, i would never:

you will be clicking through all of these, i fear. but like, in a cute way. 🧚

and that's the page!! it's from ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendars besties, this one's from the future 🌈⭐ go look up those views, keep those refcounts clean, and stan vmw_view_lookup. periodt. 💜🎀

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