kvm_vz_save_timer(9)

🎀 kvm_vz_save_timer(9) 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat 💅 this page is all about kvm_vz_save_timer, and it’s giving very specific KVM energy. no cap, bestie, it’s a whole little function with a very clear job.

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✨ NAME ✨

kvm_vz_save_timer — save guest timer state. That’s the whole name: it saves the guest timer state. 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void kvm_vz_save_timer (struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu );

Like, that’s the exact signature — keep the spacing, it’s iconic. ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• vcpu — Virtual CPU. That’s it. The one and only argument, main character energy. 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so what does it actually do? It saves the VZ guest timer state and switches to the soft guest timer if the hard timer was in use. That’s the whole plot, fr fr. 💖

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./arch/mips/kvm/vz.c, and the related besties are:

• 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_lose_htimer(9)
• is_eva_access(9)
• is_eva_am_mapped(9)
• kvm_vz_gva_to_gpa(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)

kiss kiss 💋 this page is brought to you by source/version ./arch/mips/kvm and dated October 2026 — bye bestie, go save that timer state 🎀✨