kvm_pmu_software_increment(9)

✨ kvm_pmu_software_increment(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for kvm_pmu_software_increment(9) — yes the title is literally the function name, we love a self-titled icon 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kvm_pmu_software_increment — do software increment. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void kvm_pmu_software_increment (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , u64 val );

like, it returns void — no return value, no drama, it just does the thing and dips 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vcpu — The vcpu pointer. the main character of this whole operation, fr fr 💖
• val — the value guest writes to PMSWINC register. yes that's the exact register, don't @ me, that's what the docs say 🌟

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay bestie here's the whole squad, all these live in the kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c:

• 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_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)

the way that's a whole friend group 😭 go read them all, iykyk 💜

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aaaand that's the page!! 🌈 huge shoutout to the source ./arch/arm64/kvm for housing all this, dated October 2026, filed under the manual name kvm_pmu_software_increment(9) — slay, bye bestie!! 🦋✨🎀💖