vmw_view_su...list_destroy(9)

✨ vmw_view_surface_list_destroy(9) ✨

okay so bestie, this one's from the Kernel API Manual (the 9 section, kernel internals era 💅) and it's honestly such a clean little function. Let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

vmw_view_surface_list_destroy — evict all views pointing to a surface. literally what it says on the tin, no cap ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void vmw_view_surface_list_destroy (struct vmw_private *dev_priv ,
struct list_head *list );

two args, void return, we love a no-drama signature 😌

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev_priv — Pointer to a device private struct. that's your device's whole personality right there 💖
• list — List of views pointing to a surface. like, the actual guest list of views 👑

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So this function evicts all views pointing to a surface. That's the whole vibe. 🧹✨

And the timing detail that matters: it's typically called before the surface is evicted — so think of it as the pre-game cleanup crew, getting all the views out of the way before the surface itself gets shown the door 🙈

fr fr, do it before, not after — the ordering is literally the point 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_so.c — go read the source bestie, it's all there 📖

• 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_srf(9)
• vmw_view_lookup(9)
• vmw_view_dirtying(9)

the whole view family reunion, honestly iconic 👑

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That's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and it slays exactly as hard as it needs to. This one lives in ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, from the October 2026 edition of the Kernel API Manual. mwah 💋🎀