KVM_NATIVE(3)

✨ KVM_NATIVE(3) ✨

okay so real talk — this is a page from the Library Functions Manual, and we're about to get into kvm_native 💅 like, don't worry, it's actually so simple bestie, i promise 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

kvm_native — the lil function that tells you whether a kvm descriptor was opened on a native kernel image 👑 no cap, that's literally the whole job.

🎀 LIBRARY 🎀

Kernel Data Access Library — that's libkvm, and you link it with -lkvm ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

#include <kvm.h>

int
kvm_native(kvm_t *kd);

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so the kvm library is giving "i give you access to kernel virtual memory images" energy 🔥 — and it handles both native kernel images (where the ABI of the kernel executable matches the host system, iykyk) and non-native kernel images. main character library behaviour tbh.

The kvm_native() function returns a non-zero value if the kvm descriptor kd is attached to a native kernel image; otherwise it returns zero 💀 that's it. that's the whole vibe check.

⭐ RETURN VALUES ⭐

The kvm_native() function returns a non-zero value if the kvm descriptor kd is attached to a native kernel image; otherwise it returns zero 🌈

lowkey iconic that DESCRIPTION and RETURN VALUES say the exact same thing — the man page said it once and then said it again for the people in the back 📣 respect.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• kvm(3)
• kvm_open2(3)

and that's the whole page, bestie 🧚💖 this one came from Debian, dated March 15, 2017 — yeah she's an older queen but she still ate 👑✨ mwah, go read kvm(3) next 🎀