kvmppc_gsm_new(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the kvmppc_gsm_new(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ This is the one that creates a new guest state message — literally the origin story. No cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the vibe check for the call is fr fr this:

struct kvmppc_gs_msg * kvmppc_gsm_new (struct kvmppc_gs_msg_ops *ops ,
void *data , unsigned long flags , gfp_t gfp_flags );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

It takes four things, and yes, every single one matters 🫶:

• ops — callbacks.
• data — private data.
• flags — guest wide or thread wide.
• gfp_flags — GFP allocation flags.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns an initialized guest state message. That’s the whole plot 😭✨ No extra lore, no side quests.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./arch/powerpc/kvm/guest-state-buffer.c — and the whole squad is linked here, iykyk 👑

• kvmppc_gsb_new(9)
• kvmppc_gsb_free(9)
• kvmppc_gsb_put(9)
• kvmppc_gsid_flags(9)
• kvmppc_gsid_size(9)
• kvmppc_gsid_mask(9)
• __kvmppc_gse_put(9)
• kvmppc_gse_parse(9)
• kvmppc_gsp_insert(9)
• kvmppc_gsp_lookup(9)
• kvmppc_gsbm_set(9)
• kvmppc_gsbm_clear(9)
• kvmppc_gsbm_test(9)
• kvmppc_gsbm_next(9)
• kvmppc_gsm_init(9)
• kvmppc_gsm_size(9)
• kvmppc_gsm_free(9)
• kvmppc_gsm_fill_info(9)
• kvmppc_gsm_refresh_info(9)
• kvmppc_gsb_send(9)
• kvmppc_gsb_recv(9)

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final sign-off, bestie: this page’s source/version is ./arch/powerpc/kvm, and it’s dated October 2026 💅