kvm_mips_build_exception(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kvm_mips_build_exception(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed

okay bestie, buckle up 🎀 this is a kernel API manual page for kvm_mips_build_exception(9) and honestly? it's giving "small function, main character energy." we're talking assembly-level exception vectors for MIPS guests here. iykyk 💅

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_mips_build_exception — assemble the first level guest exception handler. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * kvm_mips_build_exception (void *addr , void *handler );

literally just two pointers in, one pointer out. the way that signature just works 🔥

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • addr — the address where you start writing code. like, your canvas, your blank page, your little spot in memory 🎨
  • handler — the address of the common handler, and bestie listen: it has to be within range of addr. that's the rule, don't fight it 🙈

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does this actually do? it assembles exception vector code for guest execution. the generated vector will branch to the common exception handler that was generated by kvm_mips_build_exit. that's the whole lore ✨

think of it as: you bring the addr, you bring the handler, and it hands you back a freshly minted exception vector that knows exactly where to go when things go sideways. teamwork, honestly 🫶

👑 RETURN 👑

the next address after the end of the written function. so you know exactly where to keep writing next. very demure, very mindful, very "here's your pointer back" 💅

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/entry.c plus the whole little friend group 🎀:

go read them, they all ate 🍓

💀 friendly reminder: handler needs to be within range of addr. i'm not being dramatic, i'm being accurate. check your addresses bestie, please 🙏

that's the page!! brought to you from ./arch/mips/kvm, dated October 2026 — slay, periodt, see you in the next exception vector 🌈💜

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