__kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(9) 🎀

okay so we’re in the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and this page is all about __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init — the glow-up ritual for a guest stage-2 page-table. she’s giving setup era, and we’re obsessed 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

__kvm_pgtable_stage2_init — initialise a guest stage-2 page-table. literally the “make it official” moment for your S2 page-table 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bestie, the signature is right here — copy it exactly, no freestyling:

int __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init (struct kvm_pgtable *pgt , struct
       kvm_s2_mmu *mmu , struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops *mm_ops , enum
       kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags flags , kvm_pgtable_force_pte_cb_t force_pte_cb
       );

it returns an int, so yeah, success/failure energy is baked in 😌

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • pgt — the Uninitialised page-table structure to initialise. she’s not ready yet; this function is her main character moment 💖
  • mmu — the S2 MMU context for this S2 translation. context is everything, periodt ✨
  • mm_ops — memory management callbacks. the little helpers that keep the vibe functional 🎀
  • flags — Stage-2 configuration flags. choose your fighter 🌈
  • force_pte_cb — a function that returns true if page level mappings must be used instead of block mappings. no cap, she decides whether block mappings get to slay or not 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 on success, negative error code on failure. that’s it, that’s the mood: zero is the win, negative is the “mmk bestie something went sideways” 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these too, bestie — same list, no skips, iykyk 🧚

mwah 💋 this page lives under ./arch/arm64/include/asm, comes from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s dated October 2026. go be iconic with your page-tables, bestie 💅✨🌸

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