vbg_heartbeat_init(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for vbg_heartbeat_init(9), bestie 💖. This function initializes the heartbeat timer — that’s the whole vibe. Also important: this feature may be disabled by the host, so don’t come for her if the host says “not today” 💅.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is literally:

int vbg_heartbeat_init (struct vbg_dev *gdev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• gdev — the Guest extension device. That’s the one and only argument, periodt 🫶.

🌸 RETURN 🌸

0 or a negative errno value. no cap 😭.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

go read these next, iykyk:

• Kernel file — ./drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
• vbg_guest_mappings_init(9)
• vbg_guest_mappings_exit(9)
• vbg_report_guest_info(9)
• vbg_report_driver_status(9)
• vbg_balloon_inflate(9)
• vbg_balloon_deflate(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_host_config(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_exit(9)
• vbg_track_bit_usage(9)
• vbg_reset_host_event_filter(9)
• vbg_set_session_event_filter(9)
• vbg_reset_host_capabilities(9)
• vbg_set_host_capabilities(9)
• vbg_acquire_session_capabilities(9)
• vbg_set_session_capabilities(9)
• vbg_query_host_version(9)
• vbg_core_init(9)
• vbg_core_exit(9)
• vbg_core_open_session(9)
• vbg_core_close_session(9)
• vbg_req_allowed(9)
• vbg_core_ioctl(9)
• vbg_core_set_mouse_status(9)

mwah 💋 this page is from ./drivers/virt/vboxguest, dated October 2026, and it’s the vbg_heartbeat_init(9) manual page — catch u later, bestie 🫶✨