kvm_mips_write_count(9)

💖 kvm_mips_write_count(9) 💖

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_mips_write_count — Modify the count and update timer.

okay bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for it — the whole assignment is literally “modify the count and update timer.” slay. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void kvm_mips_write_count (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , u32 count );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vcpu — Virtual CPU. iykyk, the vcpu is the main character here. 👑
• count — Guest CP0_Count value to set. yes bestie, that’s the number going in. 🔢

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Sets the CP0_Count value and updates the timer accordingly.

fr fr, that’s the function: you hand it the guest CP0_Count value, it sets it, and the timer gets updated accordingly. no extra plot twists, no cap. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c — go peek for the lore. Then the whole reference squad:

• 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_init_count(9)
• kvm_mips_set_count_hz(9)
• kvm_mips_write_compare(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)

source/version: ./arch/mips/kvm · date: October 2026 · page: kvm_mips_write_count(9) — mwah, bye bestie 🫶✨