kvm_s390_pv_deinit_aside_vm(9)

💅 kvm_s390_pv_deinit_aside_vm(9) — NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and lemme tell you about kvm_s390_pv_deinit_aside_vm — it's literally the function that tears down a protected VM you'd already set aside earlier. like, the cleanup arc of the whole story. ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int kvm_s390_pv_deinit_aside_vm (struct kvm *kvm , u16 *rc , u16 *rrc );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• kvm — the VM that was already associated with the protected VM. yes, that one, the one you're cleaning up 💖
• rc — where the return value for the RC field of the UVCB goes
• rrc — where the return value for the RRC field of the UVCB goes

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so what this does is tear down the protected VM that you already prepped for teardown using kvm_s390_pv_set_aside_vm. like you did the prep, now here's the finale 😭

ideally? this should be called by userspace asynchronously, from a separate thread. yes bestie, separate thread energy — main character threading, no cap 🧵👑

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💀 CONTEXT 💀

kvm->lock must not be held. like, do not be holding that lock, i am begging 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 — slayed, it worked, success 🎉
• -EINVAL — if no protected VM had been prepared for asynchronous teardown. nothing was set aside, so there's nothing to tear down, awkward 💅
• -EIO — in case of other errors. the vague icon, we respect her 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./arch/s390/kvm/s390/pv.c
• should_export_before_import(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_make_secure(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_destroy_page(9)
• struct pv_vm_to_be_destroyed(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_dispose_one_leftover(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_set_aside(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_deinit_vm(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_deinit_cleanup_all(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_dump_stor_state(9)
• kvm_s390_pv_dump_complete(9)

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bestie this whole thing lives in ./arch/s390/kvm/s390, dated October 2026, and it's page kvm_s390_pv_deinit_aside_vm(9) of the Kernel API Manual. okay that's the whole lore drop, mwah 💜🧚‍♀️