kvm_pmu_release_perf_event(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 kvm_pmu_release_perf_event(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in the kernel docs now, main character energy only. This one's a little function from the arm64 KVM PMU corner of the world, and honestly? It's giving "small but important." Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_pmu_release_perf_event — remove the perf event 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kvm_pmu_release_perf_event (struct kvm_pmc *pmc );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. no return value, it just goes in and does the thing ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pmc — the PMU counter pointer 🧮✨ like, the actual counter you're trying to free up. hand it over and it's done.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

so this lives in the kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c — that's the source of truth, note it 📌

and while you're here, the whole friend group:

like, read the room — it's a whole ecosystem, not just one function 💀💖

ngl this one is short and sweet: give it the struct kvm_pmc * and it removes the perf event. no cap, that's the whole manual. go off, kernel dev 👑

and that's the tea 🍓 this page was hanging out under ./arch/arm64/kvm, dated October 2026, and it's literally titled kvm_pmu_release_perf_event(9) — iconic, no notes 💜✨

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