__acpi_handle_debug(9)

💅 __acpi_handle_debug(9) 💅

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for __acpi_handle_debug(9), and it is literally giving “pr_debug but make it ACPI.” no cap. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

__acpi_handle_debug — pr_debug with ACPI prefix and object path. 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __acpi_handle_debug (struct _ddebug *descriptor , acpi_handle
       handle , const char *fmt , ... );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• descriptor — Dynamic Debug descriptor. 🫶
• handle — ACPI device handle. 💅
• fmt — format string. 🎀
• ... — variable arguments. ✨

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay bestie, so this function is called through the acpi_handle_debug macro, and it debug prints a message with an ACPI prefix and object path. iconic behavior, honestly. 💜

It acquires the global namespace mutex to obtain an object path. and in interrupt context, it shows the object path as <n/a>. that's the whole vibe. 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/acpi/utils.c — plus the whole squad, fr fr:

• acpi_handle_list_equal(9)
• acpi_handle_list_replace(9)
• acpi_handle_list_free(9)
• acpi_device_dep(9)
• acpi_evaluate_ost(9)
• acpi_handle_path(9)
• acpi_handle_printk(9)
• acpi_evaluation_failure_warn(9)
• acpi_has_method(9)
• acpi_evaluate_ej0(9)
• acpi_evaluate_lck(9)
• acpi_evaluate_reg(9)
• acpi_evaluate_dsm(9)
• acpi_check_dsm(9)
• acpi_dev_uid_to_integer(9)
• acpi_dev_found(9)
• acpi_dev_present(9)
• acpi_dev_get_next_match_dev(9)
• acpi_dev_get_first_match_dev(9)
• acpi_reduced_hardware(9)
• acpi_dev_is_video_device(9)
• acpi_match_platform_list(9)

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source: ./drivers/acpi · date/version: October 2026 · page: __acpi_handle_debug(9) — mwah, bestie 💋✨🎀