pt_table_pa(9)

💅 pt_table_pa — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to pt_table_pa(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one's short and sweet and honestly kinda iconic in its simplicity — it's the little function that hands you back a physical address and refuses to elaborate 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pt_table_pa — return the CPU physical address of the table entry</p> 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pt_oaddr_t pt_table_pa (const struct pt_state *pts );

that's it. one arg. no drama. we love a low-maintenance signature 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pts — the entry you're querying, bestie. that's the whole vibe check 🌈

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function is only ever called on PT_ENTRY_TABLE entries. like, that's its whole lane. don't be sending it anything else, it's not that girl 🙈

and the rule? must return the same value passed to pt_install_table. no cap. no cap at ALL. it's literally giving "what goes in comes back out" energy 👑

bestie please note the must — this isn't a suggestion, it's a contract, and the table entry is holding you to it 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group showed up for this one, so let's give them all their flowers 💐 (kernel file: ./drivers/iommu/generic_pt/pt_common.h — that's the group chat, iykyk)

• pt_attr_from_entry(9)
• pt_can_have_leaf(9)
• pt_can_have_table(9)
• pt_clear_entries(9)
• pt_entry_make_write_dirty(9)
• pt_entry_make_write_clean(9)
• pt_entry_is_write_dirty(9)
• pt_dirty_supported(9)
• pt_entry_num_contig_lg2(9)
• pt_entry_oa(9)
• pt_entry_oa_lg2sz(9)
• pt_entry_oa_exact(9)
• pt_full_va_prefix(9)
• pt_has_system_page_size(9)
• pt_install_leaf_entry(9)
• pt_install_table(9)
• pt_item_oa(9)
• pt_load_entry_raw(9)
• pt_max_oa_lg2(9)
• pt_num_items_lg2(9)
• pt_pgsz_lg2_to_level(9)
• pt_possible_sizes(9)
• pt_table_item_lg2sz(9)
• pt_table_oa_lg2sz(9)
• pt_table_ptr(9)
• pt_max_sw_bit(9)
• pt_test_sw_bit_acquire(9)
• pt_set_sw_bit_release(9)
• pt_load_entry(9)

like, all of them. the entire roster. squad goals fr fr 🌟

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 this lil section of the manual lives at ./drivers/iommu/generic_pt and it's dated October 2026 — so if you're reading this from the future, hiii, hope the kernel's slaying 💜🦋✨