vgic_v2_probe(9)

💖 vgic_v2_probe — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is vgic_v2_probe(9) — literally the vibe check for your VGICv2 compatible interrupt controller 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

vgic_v2_probe — probe for a VGICv2 compatible interrupt controller

like, it goes looking for one. that's the whole job. iconic honestly 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int vgic_v2_probe (const struct gic_kvm_info *info );

yup, that's it. returns an int, takes one pointer, slays 🫶

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• info — pointer to the GIC description. it's giving "here's the lore, now do something with it" ✨

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Returns 0 if the VGICv2 has been probed successfully 🎉 returns an error code otherwise 😭

that's the whole thing. no cap. zero means we ate, anything else means something went sideways and you get an error code instead 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Kernel file ./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v2.c — go read it, iykyk 📖✨

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ngl bestie, if you're poking at this one you're already deep in KVM on arm64 territory. proud of you fr fr 🧚

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and that's the page!! brought to you by the <pink>./arch/arm64/kvm/vgic</pink> girlies, dated October 2026 — mwah, see you in the next probe 💖🌈⭐