choices_show(9)

💅 choices_show(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual one, bestie

okay so real talk: this is choices_show(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and she's here to show you the available profile choices ✨ — that's literally her whole job, no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

choices_show — show the available profile choices 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ssize_t choices_show (struct device *dev , struct device_attribute *attr
, char *buf );

yep, that's the whole signature — three args, one ssize_t return, iconic behavior only 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the device 💻 (the main character of this little story, honestly)
• attr — the attribute 🏷️
• buf — the buffer to write to 📝 (this is where the magic gets scribbled down)

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👑 RETURN 👑

She returns the number of bytes written 💖 — that's it, that's the whole vibe check.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

ok so here's the whole friend group 😭 — the kernel file ./drivers/acpi/platform_profile.c and every one of these absolute legends:

• _commmon_choices_show(9) (yes, three m's, that's not me being messy, that's literally how it's spelled, don't come for me 🙈)
• _store_class_profile(9)
• _notify_class_profile(9)
• get_class_profile(9)
• name_show(9)
• profile_show(9)
• profile_store(9)
• _aggregate_choices(9)
• _remove_hidden_choices(9)
• platform_profile_choices_show(9)
• _aggregate_profiles(9)
• _store_and_notify(9)
• platform_profile_show(9)
• platform_profile_store(9)
• platform_profile_notify(9)
• platform_profile_cycle(9)
• platform_profile_register(9)
• platform_profile_remove(9)
• devm_platform_profile_register(9)

like, that's the entire group chat and every single one of them ate 🔥 go read them, iykyk 💅

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ngl bestie, this page is short and sweet — but every single one of those cross-refs is fr fr part of the family, so don't skip them just because they're not in the spotlight. periodt. ⭐

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mwah, that's a wrap 🍓 this one lives over in ./drivers/acpi, and she was last touched in October 2026 — so go forth and show those choices, you absolute icon 🧚💜