kvm_vz_loca...guesttlb_all(9)
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okay bestie so this page is all about kvm_vz_local_flush_guesttlb_all β literally just flush all guest TLB entries. that's it. that's the whole job. π
this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, so yeah, we're in kernel-land now π«Ά
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
void kvm_vz_local_flush_guesttlb_all (void );
like, no cap, it takes nothing and gives nothing back. iconic minimalism honestly π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
voidβ no arguments. none. zero. the void is empty. the void is slaying. β¨
π DESCRIPTION π
so what does it actually do? it invalidates all entries in the guest tlb β and the key detail here, the part you cannot skip: it does this irrespective of guestid. π
like yes, every guest. all of them. it does not care which guestid anything belongs to, it's just clearing the whole vibe out. main character energy fr fr π₯
π SEE ALSO π
bestie go read these next, they're all in the kernel file ./arch/mips/kvm/tlb.c:
clear_root_gid(9)set_root_gid_to_guest_gid(9)kvm_vz_guest_tlb_lookup(9)kvm_vz_local_flush_roottlb_all_guests(9)kvm_vz_save_guesttlb(9)kvm_vz_load_guesttlb(9)
and that's the whole page, bestie π this lil legend lives in ./arch/mips/kvm and it's dated October 2026 β so yeah, it's from the future, we stan a forward-thinking TLB flush πβ mwah, go flush responsibly π
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π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms