firmware_map_remove_entry(9)

✨ firmware_map_remove_entry(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the page for firmware_map_remove_entry(9), and it’s lowkey a tiny little helper with one very important rule. let’s get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

firmware_map_remove_entry — does the real work to remove a firmware memmap entry. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void firmware_map_remove_entry (struct firmware_map_entry *entry );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• entry — the removed entry. 🍓

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

real talk, bestie: the caller must hold map_entries_lock, and release it properly. that’s the rule, no cap — hold the lock, then let it go properly when you’re done. 🔐✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/firmware/memmap.c
• firmware_map_add_entry(9)
• firmware_map_find_entry_in_list(9)
• firmware_map_find_entry(9)
• firmware_map_find_entry_bootmem(9)
• firmware_map_add_hotplug(9)
• firmware_map_add_early(9)
• firmware_map_remove(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/firmware; date: October 2026 — periodt, go hold that lock properly! 🎀👑