hypervisor_ppn_remove(9)

💖 hypervisor_ppn_remove(9) 💖

okay so welcome to hypervisor_ppn_remove(9), the manual name, straight from the Kernel API Manual — short page, important follow-up, we’re paying attention. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

hypervisor_ppn_remove — removes a single mksGuestStat instance descriptor from the hypervisor. all related pages should be subsequently unpinned or freed. that part is literally the assignment, bestie 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole signature is giving tiny but mighty:

void hypervisor_ppn_remove (PPN64 pfn );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pfn — physical page number of the instance descriptor. that’s it, that’s the argument 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go be nosy in these related spots — yes, the kernel file is part of the list, no cap:

• Kernel file — ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c
• vmw_open_channel(9)
• vmw_close_channel(9)
• vmw_port_hb_out(9)
• vmw_port_hb_in(9)
• vmw_send_msg(9)
• vmw_recv_msg(9)
• vmw_host_get_guestinfo(9)
• vmw_host_printf(9)
• vmw_msg_ioctl(9)
• reset_ppn_array(9)
• hypervisor_ppn_reset_all(9)
• hypervisor_ppn_add(9)
• mksstat_init_record_time(9)
• mksstat_init_kern_id(9)
• vmw_mksstat_get_kern_slot(9)
• vmw_mksstat_cleanup_descriptor(9)
• vmw_mksstat_remove_all(9)
• vmw_mksstat_reset_ioctl(9)
• vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl(9)
• vmw_mksstat_remove_ioctl(9)
• vmw_disable_backdoor(9)

xoxo bestie 💜 — source/version: ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx, date: October 2026. byeee! 💅✨