kvm_vz_gva_to_gpa(9)

okay so gather round bestie 🫶 this is kvm_vz_gva_to_gpa(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “tiny but crucial” energy 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

kvm_vz_gva_to_gpa — Convert valid GVA to GPA.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int kvm_vz_gva_to_gpa (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu , unsigned long gva , unsigned long *gpa );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• vcpu — the KVM VCPU state 👑
• gva — the guest virtual address to convert 💫
• gpa — output guest physical address 🎯

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Convert a guest virtual address (GVA) which is valid according to the guest context, to a guest physical address (GPA). That’s the whole mission, and it ate 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success. -errno on failure. periodt 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/vz.c 🫶 plus these absolute icons:

• kvm_vz_should_use_htimer(9)
• _kvm_vz_restore_stimer(9)
• _kvm_vz_restore_htimer(9)
• kvm_vz_restore_timer(9)
• kvm_vz_acquire_htimer(9)
• _kvm_vz_save_htimer(9)
• kvm_vz_save_timer(9)
• kvm_vz_lose_htimer(9)
• is_eva_access(9)
• is_eva_am_mapped(9)
• kvm_vz_badvaddr_to_gpa(9)
• kvm_trap_vz_handle_cop_unusable(9)
• kvm_trap_vz_handle_msa_disabled(9)
• kvm_vz_resize_guest_vtlb(9)

okay bye bestie 💋 this one’s from source/version ./arch/mips/kvm, dated October 2026, and it’s the kvm_vz_gva_to_gpa(9) manual page — slay and stay hydrated 🧚✨