kvm_pgtable_stage2_pte_prot(9)

💅 kvm_pgtable_stage2_pte_prot(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in the arm64 KVM page-table mines, you've got a raw kvm_pte_t in your hand, and you're like "what even are the perms on this thing??" — that's it, that's the whole function 🫶

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🎀 NAME 🎀

kvm_pgtable_stage2_pte_prot — literally just retrieves the protection attributes of a stage-2 Page-Table Entry. that's the vibe check. no cap 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum kvm_pgtable_prot kvm_pgtable_stage2_pte_prot (kvm_pte_t pte );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• pte — a Page-table entry. that's the whole input, she's low maintenance 👑

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

the protection attributes of the page-table entry, handed back to you in the enum kvm_pgtable_prot format. slay ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay bestie this list is long but I'm not skipping a single one, we don't do that here 💅

first the kernel file:

• ./arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_pgtable.h

and then the whole friend group:

• struct kvm_pgtable_mm_ops(9)
• enum kvm_pgtable_stage2_flags(9)
• enum kvm_pgtable_prot(9)
• enum kvm_pgtable_walk_flags(9)
• struct kvm_pgtable_walker(9)
• struct kvm_pgtable(9)
• kvm_pgtable_hyp_init(9)
• kvm_pgtable_hyp_destroy(9)
• kvm_pgtable_hyp_map(9)
• kvm_pgtable_hyp_unmap(9)
• kvm_get_vtcr(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_pgd_size(9)
• __kvm_pgtable_stage2_init(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy_range(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_destroy_pgd(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_free_unlinked(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_create_unlinked(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_map(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_annotate(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_unmap(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_wrprotect(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_mkyoung(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_test_clear_young(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_relax_perms(9)
• kvm_pgtable_stage2_split(9)
• kvm_pgtable_walk(9)
• kvm_pgtable_get_leaf(9)
• kvm_pgtable_hyp_pte_prot(9)
• kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_range(9)

periodt 🔥

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mwah 💜 that's the whole page — shoutout to ./arch/arm64/include/asm for hosting this queen, and stamp it October 2026 in your calendar because that's when this little gem is dated. bye bestie, go read some page tables 🧚‍♀️✨