hp_get_wmiobj_pointer(9)

💖 NAME 💖

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hp_get_wmiobj_pointer — Get Content of WMI block for particular instance 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• instance_id — WMI instance ID 🫶
• guid_string — WMI GUID (in str form) 🌸

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So like, this function fetches the content for the WMI block (instance_id) under the GUID (guid_string) 😌✨.

bestie, listen: Caller must kfree the return 😭 don't forget, fr fr.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file: ./drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c 📁
• hp_calculate_string_buffer(9)
• hp_get_instance_count(9)
• hp_alloc_attributes_data(9)
• hp_update_attribute_permissions(9)
• destroy_attribute_objs(9)
• release_attributes_data(9)
• hp_add_other_attributes(9)
• hp_init_bios_attributes(9)

cute sign-off 💌: source/version ./drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-b... · date October 2026 · title hp_get_wmiobj_pointer(9) — bye bestie, slay your kernel dev journey 🎀🫶