efivar_entry_get(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, efivar_entry_get(9) is from the Kernel API Manual, and its whole thing is literally: call get_variable(). that's the function. iconic minimalism, fr fr ✨💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving:

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

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• entry — the struct efivar_entry you're reading data for, aka the variable in question 🫶
• attributes — the variable attributes. yes queen, they're right there 💅
• size — size of the data buffer. it's literally the size, no cap 📏
• data — the buffer where the variable data gets stored. that's the spot 🌸

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the lore continues in the Kernel file ./fs/efivarfs/vars.c, plus these related function besties:

• efivar_init(9)
• efivar_entry_delete(9)
• efivar_entry_size(9)
• __efivar_entry_get(9)
• efivar_entry_set_get_size(9)

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this one comes from ./fs/efivarfs and is dated October 2026 — catch u later, mwah 💖🎀