calculate_string_buffer(9)

calculate_string_buffer(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual corner of the group chat 🌸. we’re looking at calculate_string_buffer(9), and it is literally here to determine the size of a string buffer for use with BIOS communication. no cap, that’s the whole vibe 💅

✨ NAME ✨

calculate_string_buffer — determines size of string buffer for use with BIOS communication 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is right here, and we are copying it exactly because we do not edit code in this house:

size_t calculate_string_buffer (const char *str );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• str — the string to calculate based upon ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c

and the whole reference squad is:

• populate_string_buffer(9)
• calculate_security_buffer(9)
• populate_security_buffer(9)
• map_wmi_error(9)
• reset_bios_show(9)
• reset_bios_store(9)
• pending_reboot_show(9)
• create_attributes_level_sysfs_files(9)
• strlcpy_attr(9)
• get_wmiobj_pointer(9)
• get_instance_count(9)
• alloc_attributes_data(9)
• destroy_attribute_objs(9)
• release_attributes_data(9)
• init_bios_attributes(9)

mwah 💖 — source/version: ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/de..., dated October 2026. periodt.