fbnic_tlv_attr_get_string(9)

okay bestie, welcome to fbnic_tlv_attr_get_string(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes, we're doing kernel API lore today and it's giving “string retrieval but make it cute” 💖✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fbnic_tlv_attr_get_string — retrieve a string value from a result. no cap, that's the whole gig 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, copied exactly so nobody comes for me 🫶:

ssize_t fbnic_tlv_attr_get_string (struct fbnic_tlv_msg *attr , char
       *dst , size_t dstsize );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• attr — the attribute you're pulling data from, bestie ✨
• dst — pointer to an allocated string where the data gets stored 🎀
• dstsize — the maximum size which can be in dst, so respect it fr fr 💅

💜 RETURN 💜

the size of the string read from firmware, or a negative error. that's the return value, periodt 😭👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole linked-up squad plus the kernel file, iykyk 🫶:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic/fbnic_tlv.c
• fbnic_tlv_msg_alloc(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_flag(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_value(9)
• __fbnic_tlv_attr_put_int(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_mac_addr(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_get_unsigned(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_get_signed(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_nest_start(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_nest_stop(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_parse_array(9)
• fbnic_tlv_attr_parse(9)
• fbnic_tlv_msg_parse(9)
• fbnic_tlv_parser_error(9)
• fbnic_tlv_test_create(9)
• fbnic_tlv_parser_test_attr(9)
• fbnic_tlv_parser_test(9)

mwah 💋 this lil page came from source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic, dated October 2026 — fbnic_tlv_attr_get_string(9) out. byeee bestie 🫶🌈