kvm_mips_write_compare(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the kvm_mips_write_compare(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. This icon is here for one job: kvm_mips_write_compare — Modify compare and update timer. 💫

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void kvm_mips_write_compare (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , u32 compare , bool
       ack );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• vcpu — Virtual CPU. Literally the virtual CPU in question.
• compare — New CP0_Compare value. The fresh number goes right here.
• ack — Whether to acknowledge timer interrupt. This is the ack-or-not flag, bestie.

🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

So the whole plot is: update CP0_Compare to a new value and update the timeout. Periodt.

If ack, atomically acknowledge any pending timer interrupt. Otherwise, ensure any pending timer interrupt is preserved. That's the entire vibe — no extra lore, no cap. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c is right here, and the SEE ALSO crew is:

• kvm_get_badinstr(9)
• kvm_get_badinstrp(9)
• kvm_mips_count_disabled(9)
• kvm_mips_ktime_to_count(9)
• kvm_mips_count_time(9)
• kvm_mips_read_count_running(9)
• kvm_mips_read_count(9)
• kvm_mips_freeze_hrtimer(9)
• kvm_mips_resume_hrtimer(9)
• kvm_mips_restore_hrtimer(9)
• kvm_mips_write_count(9)
• kvm_mips_init_count(9)
• kvm_mips_set_count_hz(9)
• kvm_mips_count_disable(9)
• kvm_mips_count_disable_cause(9)
• kvm_mips_count_enable_cause(9)
• kvm_mips_set_count_ctl(9)
• kvm_mips_set_count_resume(9)
• kvm_mips_count_timeout(9)

cute little sign-off time: from ./arch/mips/kvm, dated October 2026, signed kvm_mips_write_compare(9) — bye bestie! 💖✨