platform_pre_snapshot(9)

🌸 platform_pre_snapshot(9) 🌸

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for platform_pre_snapshot(9), bestie — this one is all about getting the machine cute and ready for hibernation ✨

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💖 NAME 💖

platform_pre_snapshot — call platform to prepare the machine for hibernation 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int platform_pre_snapshot (int platform_mode );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• platform_mode — whether or not to use the platform driver. like, the vibe check for platform-driver usage 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Use the platform driver to prepare the system for creating a hibernate image, if so configured, and return an error code if that fails. no cap — if the setup goes sideways, you get an error code back 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file: ./kernel/power/hibernate.c

also pls go read these icons:

• pm_hibernation_mode_is_suspend(9)
• hibernation_set_ops(9)
• platform_begin(9)
• platform_end(9)
• platform_leave(9)
• platform_finish(9)
• platform_pre_restore(9)
• platform_restore_cleanup(9)
• platform_recover(9)
• swsusp_show_speed(9)
• create_image(9)
• hibernation_snapshot(9)
• resume_target_kernel(9)
• hibernation_restore(9)
• hibernation_platform_enter(9)
• power_down(9)
• hibernate(9)
• hibernate_quiet_exec(9)
• software_resume_initcall(9)

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source/version vibe: ./kernel/power 🍓 date: October 2026 🎀

that’s the whole page, bestie — slay, hydrate, and may your hibernate image be iconic 💜✨