kvm_mips_read_count_running(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

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

Okay so picture this: it's giving kernel-internals, it's giving MIPS virtual CPU realness, and honestly? It's iconic. Sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_mips_read_count_running — literally just reads the current count value as if running. That's the whole vibe. No cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u32 kvm_mips_read_count_running (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , ktime_t now );

Copy it exactly like that if you're writing it down, bestie — character for character, don't get cute with the spacing. 🙈

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vcpu — the Virtual CPU. The main character, honestly. 👑
  • now — the kernel time to read CP0_Count at. Like, when are we checking? You tell us. ⏰

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what it does is: it returns the current guest CP0_Count register at time now, and — this is the part that matters — it handles if the timer interrupt is pending and hasn't been handled yet. Like it's not just gonna hand you a number and ghost you; it deals with the pending-interrupt situation too. Responsible king behavior, fr fr. 💅✨

🌈 RETURN 🌈

The current value of the guest CP0_Count register. That's it. That's the tea. 🫶

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c and its whole friend group — they all show up together, iykyk. Lowkey a whole squad:

ngl the whole list is giving "linked together in the source tree" energy, and that's the point 💀

And that's the page, bestie! 🦋 This one lives in ./arch/mips/kvm, and the version/date situation is October 2026 — so mark your calendar, screenshot the group chat, and slay the day away. 💜🎀⭐

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