kvm_pmu_get_counter_value(9)

💖 kvm_pmu_get_counter_value — NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for kvm_pmu_get_counter_value from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-space tea ☕), and it does exactly one iconic thing: get PMU counter value. that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap. ✨

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

u64 kvm_pmu_get_counter_value (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , u64 select_idx );

literally just hand it a vcpu and an index and it hands you back a u64. main character signature fr fr 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vcpu — the vcpu pointer. like, the whole vcpu. you know the one. 👑
• select_idx — the counter index. which counter you're asking about, bestie. pick one. 🎀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

so the kernel file for this one lives at ./arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c — that's the source of truth, go look 👀 — and here's the whole friend group, all the related pages, no gatekeeping:

• kvm_pmc_is_64bit(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_create_perf_event(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)

like, the entire PMU squad. read them all, iykyk 💜

ngl there is nothing else on this page — no exit statuses, no env vars, no bugs section, no warnings. just vibes, a function signature, and a very long friend list. slay. 💀

✨ that's the whole page, bestie ✨ this one's hanging out in ./arch/arm64/kvm, dated October 2026, and the manual entry itself is kvm_pmu_get_counter_value(9) — mwah, go get that counter value 🍓🧚💖