kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 🌸

okay bestie, so we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is a whole vibe: kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(9). it's giving "quiet but essential", no cap ✨

✨ NAME ✨

kvm_vgic_vcpu_init — literally here to initialize the static VGIC VCPU data structures and register the VCPU-specific KVM iodevs 🎀

like yes, that's the whole job. she's focused. she knows her purpose. 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int kvm_vgic_vcpu_init (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu );

that return type is int, the function name is kvm_vgic_vcpu_init, and she takes exactly one arg. copy it exactly, don't get creative 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vcpu — a pointer to the VCPU that's being created and initialized 🫶 iykyk, it's the star of the show.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the tea ☕: this function only does initialization. that's it. that's the entire personality.

she does not actually enable the VGIC CPU interface. nope. not her job. don't @ her. 🙈

ngl bestie, if you were expecting this to flip the interface on too — it does not. "Only do initialization, but do not actually enable the VGIC CPU interface." that's the rule, fr fr. read it twice. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file lives at ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c — that's where the action is 📁

and here's the whole squad, go say hi to all of them 👯‍♀️:

vibe check recap: init the static VGIC VCPU data structures, register the VCPU-specific KVM iodevs, and then stop. no enabling. periodt. 💅🔥

k bye bestie, mwah 💋 this page came from ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic, dated October 2026, and she's officially kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(9) — iconic, no notes 👑✨🦋

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