vbg_report_driver_status(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, this is vbg_report_driver_status(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole slay is: Report the guest driver status to the host. literally that’s the assignment. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int vbg_report_driver_status (struct vbg_dev *gdev , bool active );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• gdev — the Guest extension device. 💅
• active — flag whether the driver is now active or not. no cap.

🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 or negative errno value. that’s the vibe check, bestie. 😭

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c — the lore lives here. ✨

the whole squad, fr fr:

• vbg_guest_mappings_init(9)
• vbg_guest_mappings_exit(9)
• vbg_report_guest_info(9)
• vbg_balloon_inflate(9)
• vbg_balloon_deflate(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_host_config(9)
• vbg_heartbeat_init(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 iconic page ships from ./drivers/virt/vboxguest, dated October 2026. bye bestie! 🫶🌸