get_wmiobj_pointer(9)

💖 get_wmiobj_pointer(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for get_wmiobj_pointer, and it's giving “fetch that WMI block content” main-character energy. Buckle up, bestie, all the details are right here. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

get_wmiobj_pointer — Get Content of WMI block for particular instance. That's the name, and it ate. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here's the signature in all its glory:

union acpi_object * get_wmiobj_pointer (int instance_id , const char
       *guid_string );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• instance_id — WMI instance ID. That's the instance in question, periodt.
• guid_string — WMI GUID (in str form). Keep it stringy, iykyk.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so get_wmiobj_pointer fetches the content for WMI block (instance_id) under GUID (guid_string). It's literally giving “go get that content.” No cap.

⚠️ Caller must kfree the return. This is not optional, bestie — free the return, periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/sysman.c
• populate_string_buffer(9)
• calculate_string_buffer(9)
• calculate_security_buffer(9)
• populate_security_buffer(9)
• map_wmi_error(9)
• reset_bios_show(9)
• reset_bios_store(9)
• pending_reboot_show(9)
• create_attributes_level_sysfs_files(9)
• strlcpy_attr(9)
• get_instance_count(9)
• alloc_attributes_data(9)
• destroy_attribute_objs(9)
• release_attributes_data(9)
• init_bios_attributes(9)

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xoxo, get_wmiobj_pointer(9) 💅 — source/version: ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/de... · date: October 2026. periodt. 🫶