remove_ima_buffer(9)

💅 remove_ima_buffer(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about remove_ima_buffer — no cap, it's giving cleanup era ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

remove_ima_buffer — remove the IMA buffer property and reservation from @fdt

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void remove_ima_buffer (void *fdt , int chosen_node );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• fdt — the Flattened Device Tree to update, bestie 🌈
• chosen_node — the offset to the chosen node in the device tree 💫

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the IMA measurement buffer is of no use to a subsequent kernel, which is literally why we always remove it from the device tree 💅 periodt. that's the whole vibe: buffer property and reservation? gone from @fdt ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/of/kexec.c:

• fdt_find_and_del_mem_rsv(9)
• get_addr_size_cells(9)
• do_get_kexec_buffer(9)
• ima_get_kexec_buffer(9)
• ima_free_kexec_buffer(9)
• setup_ima_buffer(9)

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🫶 and that's the page, bestie! this iconic little manual page comes from ./drivers/of, dated October 2026, and it's serving Kernel API Manual energy till the very end 💖✨🎀