kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(9)

💖 kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(9) 💖

okay so bestie, you're reading kvm_pmu_create_perf_event from the Kernel API Manual — welcome to the group chat, pull up a chair 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_pmu_create_perf_event — literally just creates a perf event for a counter. that's the whole vibe. no cap 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kvm_pmu_create_perf_event (struct kvm_pmc *pmc );

like, that's it. one function, one argument, zero drama ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pmc — the counter context, iykyk. it's the whole personality of this call, honestly 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the og source lives in the kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c, and here's the whole friend group that comes with it — go say hi to all of them 💜

• kvm_pmc_is_64bit(9)
• kvm_pmu_get_counter_value(9)
• kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(9)
• kvm_pmu_set_counter_value_user(9)
• kvm_pmu_release_perf_event(9)
• kvm_pmu_stop_counter(9)
• kvm_pmu_vcpu_init(9)
• kvm_pmu_vcpu_destroy(9)
• kvm_pmu_flush_hwstate(9)
• kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(9)
• kvm_pmu_software_increment(9)
• kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(9)
• kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(9)
• kvm_arm_pmu_get_max_counters(9)
• kvm_arm_set_default_pmu(9)
• kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(9)

and that's the page, bestie!! 🌈 this lil icon came from ./arch/arm64/kvm, dated October 2026, and the manpage itself is kvm_pmu_create_perf_event(9) — go forth and create some perf events, you absolute main character 👑💖✨