kvm_pmu_stop_counter(9)

💖 kvm_pmu_stop_counter(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for kvm_pmu_stop_counter(9) — the function that's literally here to stop a PMU counter. We're keeping it cute but factual, no cap. 🎀✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kvm_pmu_stop_counter — stop PMU counter. periodt. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void kvm_pmu_stop_counter (struct kvm_pmc *pmc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• pmc — the PMU counter pointer. that's the whole argument, bestie. 🫶

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the tea: if this counter has been configured to monitor some event, release it here. That's the whole job, fr fr. 😭✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c — plus the whole squad:

• 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_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)

xoxo, this page is from source ./arch/arm64/kvm, dated October 2026, and it's still kvm_pmu_stop_counter(9). mwah 💋🌈