mksstat_init_kern_id(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, we're on the mksstat_init_kern_id(9) page — yes, from the Kernel API Manual — and it is literally here to create a single mksGuestStat instance descriptor and kernel-internal counters, plus add PFN mapping to the hypervisor. iconic behavior.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int mksstat_init_kern_id (struct page **ppage );

🧸 ARGUMENTS 🧸

• ppage — output pointer to the page containing the instance descriptor. That's it, that's the argument. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Create a single mksGuestStat instance descriptor and corresponding structures for all kernel-internal counters. The corresponding PFNs are mapped with the hypervisor. No cap, that's the whole deal.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• Zero on success. Slay.
• Negative error code on error. Not the vibe, but important.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The Kernel file is ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c, and the whole squad is:

• vmw_open_channel(9), vmw_close_channel(9), vmw_port_hb_out(9), vmw_port_hb_in(9), vmw_send_msg(9), vmw_recv_msg(9)
• vmw_host_get_guestinfo(9), vmw_host_printf(9), vmw_msg_ioctl(9), reset_ppn_array(9), hypervisor_ppn_reset_all(9), hypervisor_ppn_add(9), hypervisor_ppn_remove(9)
• mksstat_init_record_time(9), vmw_mksstat_get_kern_slot(9), vmw_mksstat_cleanup_descriptor(9), vmw_mksstat_remove_all(9), vmw_mksstat_reset_ioctl(9), vmw_mksstat_add_ioctl(9), vmw_mksstat_remove_ioctl(9), vmw_disable_backdoor(9)

xoxo, stay hydrated and keep your pointers valid 💖 — this page says it's from the ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx source/version, dated October 2026, and it's the mksstat_init_kern_id(9) manual page. periodt. 🎀