kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(9)

💅 kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(9) 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

Okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for kvm_pmu_set_counter_value — literally “set PMU counter value.” That’s the whole assignment, bestie: set the PMU counter value, no cap. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void kvm_pmu_set_counter_value (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , u64 select_idx ,
u64 val );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vcpu — the vcpu pointer. Yes bestie, that pointer. 🫶
• select_idx — the counter index. It’s the index, periodt. ✨
• val — the counter value. The value, fr fr. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c — that’s the file, bestie. 🧚

• kvm_pmc_is_64bit(9)
• kvm_pmu_get_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)

Source/version: ./arch/arm64/kvm · date: October 2026 · page: kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(9) — bye bestie, slay your PMU counters! 🫶✨