kvm_vgic_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 kvm_vgic_create(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today's main character is kvm_vgic_create, and honestly? she's kind of a big deal 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_vgic_create — the function that gets triggered when the VGIC device gets instantiated by user space, no cap 💅

and like, there are two whole ways that can happen:

  • through the legacy KVM_CREATE_IRQCHIP ioctl (v2 only, queen — that's important, don't forget it 🫶)
  • or through the generic KVM_CREATE_DEVICE API ioctl ✨

and then — plot twist — you find out if it actually worked by checking irqchip_in_kernel(). that's the vibe check fr fr: it tells you if this function succeeded or not 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int kvm_vgic_create (struct kvm *kvm , u32 type );

like yes, two args, go off 💜

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • kvm — a kvm struct pointer 💫 that's literally it, that's the whole description, she's a pointer to the kvm struct and we love her for it
  • type — KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V[235] ⭐ so you can pass V2, V3, or V5 — pick your fighter iykyk

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read the kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c bestie, and then these iconic siblings of hers:

the whole friend group, periodt 🌈 🧚

aaaand that's the page!! 💖 mwah 💋 this one came from ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic — she's serving October 2026 energy, kvm_vgic_create(9) forever and always, slay ⭐🎀🌸

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