check_vcpu_requests(9)

💅 NAME 💅

okay so this is the check_vcpu_requests(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and the vibe is literally: check_vcpu_requests — check and handle pending vCPU requests. That's the whole assignment, bestie. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int check_vcpu_requests (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu );

keep it exactly like that, spacing and all — no cap. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vcpu — the VCPU pointer. that's the one argument, periodt.

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

so the return value is an int, and here's the vibe check:

• 1 — we should enter the guest.
• 0 — we should exit to userspace.
• < 0 — we should exit to userspace, and the return value indicates an error.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file is ./arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c, and these are the links to peep:

• kvm_arch_init_vm(9)
• kvm_arch_destroy_vm(9)
• kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(9)
• kvm_vcpu_wfi(9)
• kvm_vcpu_exit_request(9)
• kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(9)

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🫶 source/version is ./arch/arm64/kvm, date is October 2026, and the page is check_vcpu_requests(9). slay and goodbye bestie 💖