Re: [PATCH] drm/vmwgfx: Fix GEM_CLOSE returning -EINVAL for PRIME-imported surfaces

[Claire DuSoleil]

I had Claude Code generate this patch so I could run Omarchy in a
VMWare virtual machine.  Without the fix, all I see is black screen.
It is currently working but I have to re-apply the patch after every
Omarchy system update.

Claude originally identified the issue as a Hyprland bug but after
further digging, it's really in vmwgfx.  However Mesa has coded around
it and I also had a Hyprland fix that worked as well.  It seemed the
best place to fix it was vmwgfx.

Claire

On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM Claire DuSoleil
<claire.m.dusoleil@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I had Claude Code generate this patch so I could run Omarchy in a VMWare virtual machine.  Without the fix, all I see is black screen.  It is currently working but I have to re-apply the patch after every Omarchy system update.
>
> Claude originally identified the issue as a Hyprland bug but after further digging, it's really in vmwgfx.  However Mesa has coded around it and I also had a Hyprland fix that worked as well.  It seemed the best place to fix it was vmwgfx.
>
> I thought the patch had already been rejected so I do not understand why anyone is still looking at it, especially since this has been a known problem for many years.
>
> Claire
>
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2026 at 1:56 PM Maaz Mombasawala <maaz.mombasawala@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>> This looks llm generated, can you disclose the llm that you have used?
>>
>> As for the patch itself, it is too overly verbose for human review.
>> Could you just describe the issue you were facing and what is the fix you have done?
>> Describing the current behaviour and the overly narrative style is not necessary.
>>
>> --
>> Maaz Mombasawala <maaz.mombasawala@xxxxxxxxxxxx>