lwmi_cd_fan_..._alloc_cache(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 lwmi_cd_fan_list_alloc_cache — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the lwmi_cd_fan_list_alloc_cache glow-up 💅 this little icon lives in the Kernel API Manual and she has like, ONE job, and she does it immaculately, no cap 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

lwmi_cd_fan_list_alloc_cache — literally allocates AND caches the Fan Test Data list 🦋 she's giving multitasking queen, she's giving main character energy 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int lwmi_cd_fan_list_alloc_cache (struct lwmi_cd_priv *priv , struct
cd_list **listptr );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check 🔥 two args, one int coming back at you, periodt 💀

🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

  • priv — the lenovo-wmi-capdata driver data 🫶 that's your context babe, she carries everything the driver needs to know about herself 😌
  • listptr — pointer to the returned cd_list pointer 🎯 like, a pointer to a pointer, yes we're being extra today, we're going two levels deep and honestly? slay 🧚

💜 RETURN 💜

the count of fans found 🌈 or an error 😭 if it goes sideways it hands you back an error instead, and you're just gonna have to deal with that fr fr

ngl bestie, check it — if you get an error back, that's not the fan count, don't go treating it like one 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

she does not exist in a vacuum, she has a whole friend group 💖 and the Kernel file she calls home is:

./drivers/platform/x86/lenovo/wmi-capdata.c

the whole squad, in order, no one left behind 👑:

and that's the page babes 🫶 mwah 💋

she ships out of ./drivers/platform/x86/lenovo 📁 stamped October 2026 ⭐ go forth and cache your fan lists responsibly, iykyk 💜

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