__efivar_entry_get(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the manual page for __efivar_entry_get(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the page for __efivar_entry_get. The short version is right there in the name: it calls get_variable(). That's the vibe. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int __efivar_entry_get (struct efivar_entry *entry , u32 *attributes ,
       unsigned long *size , void *data );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• entry — read data for this variable. That's your efivar entry, bestie. 🫶
• attributes — variable attributes. Yes, those attributes. 💅
• size — size of data buffer. Gotta know how big the buffer is, no cap.
• data — buffer to store variable data. This is where the data goes. 🎀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

no cap, there is one giant MUST here: the caller MUST call efivar_entry_iter_begin and efivar_entry_iter_end before and after the invocation of this function, respectively. periodt. 🫶

So yeah: efivar_entry_iter_begin goes before, and efivar_entry_iter_end goes after — respect the order, bestie. It's giving "bookends but make it kernel code." 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./fs/efivarfs/vars.c
• efivar_init(9)
• efivar_entry_delete(9)
• efivar_entry_size(9)
• efivar_entry_get(9)
• efivar_entry_set_get_size(9)

source/version: ./fs/efivarfs · date: October 2026 — made with 💖 and absolutely zero skipped details, bestie. 🦋