xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(9)

💅 xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(9), bestie. it’s giving “tiny but mandatory pre-guest ritual” energy, and honestly? iconic. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare — performs the last-minute preparation work that needs to be handled while IRQs are disabled when entering a guest. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare (void );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. zero. none. the void is voiding. 💀

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here’s the vibe check: this function has to be invoked with interrupts disabled before the last call to xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending. that’s the rule, and it is not optional. periodt. ✨

mandatory behavior alert: interrupts disabled first, then this prep, then that last call to xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending. don’t skip the setup, bestie. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/entry-virt.h
• arch_xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(9)
• xfer_to_guest_mode_handle_work(9)
• __xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending(9)
• xfer_to_guest_mode_work_pending(9)

mwah 💋 that’s the whole page, bestie. source/version: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 · page: xfer_to_guest_mode_prepare(9). byeee 🫶🌈