build_set_exc_base(9)

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

okay bestie, welcome to the build_set_exc_base(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving lowkey iconic kernel-internals energy, and we're gonna get you through it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

build_set_exc_base — assemble code to write exception base address, periodt.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void build_set_exc_base (u32 **p , unsigned int reg );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• p — code buffer pointer. literally the spot where the code goes 💖
• reg — source register (generated code may set WG bit in reg). yes, the generated code might flip the WG bit in reg, no cap 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Assemble code to modify the exception base address in the EBase register, using the appropriately sized access and setting the WG bit if necessary. that's the whole vibe: right-sized access, WG bit handled when needed, slay 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/entry.c — plus these besties:

• kvm_mips_entry_setup(9)
• kvm_mips_build_vcpu_run(9)
• kvm_mips_build_enter_guest(9)
• kvm_mips_build_tlb_refill_exception(9)
• kvm_mips_build_exception(9)
• kvm_mips_build_exit(9)
• kvm_mips_build_ret_from_exit(9)
• kvm_mips_build_ret_to_guest(9)
• kvm_mips_build_ret_to_host(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚💜 source/version is ./arch/mips/kvm, dated October 2026 — mwah, signing off 🎀✨