STRUCT CXL_SECURITY_STATE(9)

💖 struct cxl_security_state(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for struct cxl_security_state — yes, that's a mouthful, but stick with me, this one's actually kind of iconic 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

struct cxl_security_state — Device security state 🔐 literally the little bookkeeper that remembers what your CXL device's security subsystem is up to 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

okay so here's the whole vibe, verbatim, no cap:

struct cxl_security_state {
    unsigned long state;
    unsigned long enabled_cmds[BITS_TO_LONGS( CXL_SEC_ENABLED_MAX)];
    int poll_tmo_secs;
    bool sanitize_active;
    struct delayed_work poll_dwork;
    struct kernfs_node *sanitize_node;
 };

like look at that. chef's kiss. the indentation on the closing brace is doing its own thing and we respect it 🫶

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🌸 Members 🌸

• state — state of last security operation ✨ iykyk, it's the receipts of whatever security thing happened most recently
• enabled_cmds — All security commands enabled in the CEL 👑 (that's every security command that's been enabled in the CEL, if you were wondering, which you were)
• poll_tmo_secs — polling timeout ⏰ the timeout for polling, fr fr
• sanitize_active — sanitize completion pending 🧚 lowkey telling you a sanitize is still waiting to finish
• poll_dwork — polling work item 🌀 the delayed work item doing the polling
• sanitize_node — sanitation sysfs file to notify 💌 the sysfs file that gets notified about sanitation

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole squad, go say hi 👋

• Kernel file ./drivers/cxl/cxlmem.h
• struct cxl_memdev(9)
• struct cxl_attach_region(9)
• struct cxl_event_state(9)
• struct cxl_poison_state(9)
• struct cxl_fw_state(9)
• struct cxl_memdev_state(9)
• struct cxl_mem_command(9)
• struct cxl_hdm(9)

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⚠️ friendly reminder bestie: this is a kernel struct in ./drivers/cxl — treat it with main character respect, don't go poking at it from userspace like it's a group chat 📵

and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this dropped October 2026, straight outta ./drivers/cxl, and it's still signed off with struct cxl_security_state(9) at the bottom because consistency is queen 👑✨ stay safe, stay sanitized, ily 🫶💖