kvm_inject_dabt_excl_atomic(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’₯ kvm_inject_dabt_excl_atomic(9) πŸ’₯

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's giving "tiny but important" energy. We're talking about kvm_inject_dabt_excl_atomic, bestie β€” the function that injects a data abort when a guest tries an unsupported exclusive or atomic access. πŸ’…


✨ NAME ✨

kvm_inject_dabt_excl_atomic β€” inject a data abort for unsupported exclusive or atomic access

πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int kvm_inject_dabt_excl_atomic (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , u64 addr );

🫢 ARGUMENTS 🫢

  • vcpu β€” the VCPU that's gonna receive the data abort. like, that's the whole point, bestie. πŸ’–
  • addr β€” the address to report in the DFAR. yes, exactly that address. no cap. πŸ“

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Bestie, there's an assumption here and we gotta respect it: this code is assumed to be called from the VCPU thread, and because of that, the VCPU is therefore not currently executing guest code. periodt. πŸ’€βœ¨

πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹


bye bestie πŸ’– this lil page comes from ./arch/arm64/kvm, dated October 2026, and it's all about kvm_inject_dabt_excl_atomic(9). slay. πŸŒˆπŸ‘‘

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