kvm_arch_destroy_vm(9)

💅 kvm_arch_destroy_vm(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so this is kvm_arch_destroy_vm, a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's the cleanup era we all need. 🧚

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✨ NAME ✨

kvm_arch_destroy_vm — destroy the VM data structure. literally that's the whole job. bye bye VM struct, slay 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kvm_arch_destroy_vm (struct kvm *kvm );

that's it. that's the vibe. no return value, no drama, just a void and a dream 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• kvm — pointer to the KVM struct. yes bestie, this is the one getting destroyed. she's the main character and also the thing being taken out back 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

no cap, go read her friends too, they're iconic in their own right 👑

• Kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
• kvm_arch_init_vm(9) — the origin story, the birth of the thing you're about to destroy
• kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(9)
• kvm_vcpu_wfi(9)
• check_vcpu_requests(9)
• kvm_vcpu_exit_request(9)
• kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(9)

ok real talk: everything above lives under ./arch/arm64/kvm, so if you're poking around arm64 KVM code, this is your neighborhood 🏡

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✨ and that's the page! ✨

huge thank you to the source ./arch/arm64/kvm — dated October 2026 — for giving us this little kvm_arch_destroy_vm(9) moment. go destroy that VM struct responsibly, bestie 💖🌸🔥