kvm_mips_set_count_resume(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kvm_mips_set_count_resume 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here 👑 — and today's main character is a tiny little function that just wants to update a register for you. no cap.

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_mips_set_count_resume — update the count resume KVM register. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int kvm_mips_set_count_resume (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , s64 count_resume
);

literally just hand it a vCPU and a number and it's off to the races 🦋

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • vcpu — the virtual CPU. your little guy. the one you're doing all this for 🫶
  • count_resume — the new value for the count resume register. that's the number you're setting it to, iykyk.

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so what does it do? it sets the count resume KVM register. that's the assignment. it ate and left no crumbs 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • -EINVAL — bestie no 😭 you went out of the valid range, which is 0..now. the function is not having it.
  • 0 — success!! slay!! we love a clean return 🎉
ngl the range check is 0..now — stay inside it or you get the -EINVAL treatment. periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

in the kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c you'll find all of these iconic siblings of our girl:

like an entire friend group honestly, they all go together 🧚💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! sign-off time: this legendary piece of documentation lives in ./arch/mips/kvm and it's dated October 2026 — the manual name is kvm_mips_set_count_resume(9) in case you forgot already 💀 anyway ily, go set some registers responsibly 🌈⭐💖

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