efi_capsule_release(9)

efi_capsule_release(9) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for efi_capsule_release 💖 this one is short and sweet — it’s the close-time function, and no cap, the main plot twist is about what it does not free.

✨ NAME ✨

efi_capsule_release — called by file close.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int efi_capsule_release (struct inode *inode , struct file *file );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• inode — not used 🙈 like, it’s literally just sitting there, bestie.
• file — file pointer.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here’s the tea: we will not free successfully submitted pages 🫶 because an efi update requires data to be maintained across a system reboot. periodt. so this close path is not out here yeeting the good submitted pages — the data needs to survive the reboot, iykyk.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/firmware/efi/capsule-loader.c 👑
• efi_free_all_buff_pages(9)
• efi_capsule_setup_info(9)
• efi_capsule_submit_update(9)
• efi_capsule_write(9)
• efi_capsule_open(9)

xoxo from ./drivers/firmware/efi 💖 October 2026 girlie, signing off as efi_capsule_release(9) 🎀✨