sbi_remote_hfence_gvma_vmid(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 sbi_remote_hfence_gvma_vmid(9) — like, the whole glow-up

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about firing off HFENCE.GVMA instructions on remote harts for a guest physical address range that belongs to one specific VMID. yes, that VMID. the one VMID. main character VMID energy only 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

sbi_remote_hfence_gvma_vmid — the function that executes HFENCE.GVMA instructions on the remote harts you point at, for a guest physical address range belonging to a specific VMID. no cap, that's the whole vibe 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int sbi_remote_hfence_gvma_vmid (const struct cpumask *cpu_mask ,
unsigned long start , unsigned long size , unsigned long vmid );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • cpu_mask — a cpu mask containing all the target harts. like, every hart you want in the group chat 🫶
  • start — start of the guest physical address.
  • size — total size of the guest physical address range. yes, the total size, don't come for me 🙈
  • vmid — the value of guest ID (VMID). the ID of the guest. iconic behavior 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 if success, Error otherwise. that's it, that's the whole return policy 😭

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file ./arch/riscv/kernel/sbi.c, plus the whole friend group:

⚠️ quick vibe check: 0 means success, anything else is an error — so don't go assuming 0 means "nothing happened", bestie, it means you ate 💀✨

and that's the page, fr fr 💜 this masterpiece of a manpage lives in ./arch/riscv/kernel, dated October 2026, and it's the Kernel API Manual. slay, go touch some harts 🧚‍♀️🌈👑

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