mksstat_init_record_time(9)

💫 mksstat_init_record_time(9) 💫

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for mksstat_init_record_time — yes that's the whole function name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not abbreviating it, it's iconic and we respect it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

mksstat_init_record_time — literally initializes an MKSGuestStatCounterTime-based record for the respective mksGuestStat index. That's it, that's the whole job. Slay 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

char * mksstat_init_record_time (mksstat_kern_stats_t stat_idx ,
MKSGuestStatCounterTime *pstat , MKSGuestStatInfoEntry *pinfo , char
*pstrs );

like, four arguments, one return value, no drama ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• stat_idx — the index of the MKSGuestStatCounterTime-based mksGuestStat record. this is the one, the main character of indices 👑
• pstat — a pointer to the array of MKSGuestStatCounterTime. pointy and powerful 💖
• pinfo — a pointer to the array of MKSGuestStatInfoEntry. also pointy. also important. we love her 🌈
• pstrs — a pointer to the current end of the name/description sequence. note: the END, not the start, she's a "where do I keep writing" kind of pointer 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

You get back a pointer to the new end of the names/description sequence. so like, it moved. that's the whole thing. lowkey satisfying ngl 😭

fr fr do not forget this is a pointer to the new end — the sequence grew, bestie, keep up 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_msg.c and a whole friend group of friends:

• 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_kern_id(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)

iykyk 🧚

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and that's the page!! shoutout to the source at ./drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx and the October 2026 date stamp — this manual page ate and left absolutely no crumbs 💅🔥💖