kvm_vgic_dist_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ kvm_vgic_dist_init(9) ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is kvm_vgic_dist_init — it's giving very much "let me set up the dist data structures for you" energy 💅

💖 NAME 💖

kvm_vgic_dist_init — initialize the dist data structures

like literally that's the whole job. it inits the dist data structures. iconic, honestly 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int kvm_vgic_dist_init (struct kvm *kvm , unsigned int nr_spis );

so you're handing it a struct kvm * and an unsigned int and it gives you back an int. no cap, that's the whole signature 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • kvm — kvm struct pointer. yes queen, the kvm struct pointer, right there, exactly what it says on the tin 💜
  • nr_spis — number of spis, and it's frozen by caller. that's not me being dramatic, that's the manpage — the caller freezes it, so don't go messing with it after you hand it over, mkay? 🙈

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file lives at ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c and honestly go read the whole friend group:

they're all in ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic and they all slay in their own lane ⭐

💀 quick reminder bestie: I'm only telling you what the page tells you — no extra lore, no invented behaviour. facts stay facts, vibes stay vibes 🍓

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