kvm_vgic_early_init(9)

✨ kvm_vgic_early_init ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for kvm_vgic_early_init(9), and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big responsibilities" energy 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

kvm_vgic_early_init — Initialize static VGIC VCPU data structures

like, it sets up the static stuff. the foundational vibes. the scaffolding 🎀

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💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

void kvm_vgic_early_init (struct kvm *kvm );

no return value, just vibes and one argument, slay ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• kvm — The VM whose VGIC districutor should be initialized 👑

(yes, the manpage literally spells it "districutor" — that's not me being chaotic, that's canon, iykyk 😭)

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so the whole entire point here: this function only does initialization of static structures — the ones that don't require any allocation, and don't need any sizing information from userspace. none. zero. not a single byte of user input required, no cap 🙅‍♀️

the rest of the work? that's handled elsewhere. specifically, vgic_init calls kvm_vgic_dist_init, and that one takes care of the rest 💅 so don't come for this function asking why it didn't do everything — it was never the main character of that particular plotline, it's the opening act 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

go read these bestie, they're all in the Kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c:

• kvm_vgic_create(9)
• kvm_vgic_dist_init(9)
• kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(9)
• vgic_lazy_init(9)
• kvm_vgic_map_resources(9)
• kvm_vgic_init_cpu_hardware(9)
• kvm_vgic_hyp_init(9)

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🫶 tiny reminder that this lives at ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic — that's the home address, go say hi

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and that's the whole page!! thank you for coming to my ted talk 💖 this one's from October 2026, straight out of the ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic directory, with love from the Kernel API Manual itself 🎀✨ bye bestie!! 🦋