STRUCT WMI_STRING(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

struct wmi_string — WMI string representation. okay so this is struct wmi_string(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the WMI string representation page. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct wmi_string {
    __le16 length;
    __le16 chars[];
};

💅 Members 💅

• length — the size of chars in bytes. 🎀
• chars — UTF16-LE characters with optional nul termination and padding. ✨

🦋 Description 🦋

When string data is being exchanged over the WMI interface, this structure is what's in the mix. That's its whole moment, bestie — string data over WMI, and this struct is the main character. No cap. 💜

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./include/linux/wmi.h
• struct wmi_device(9)
• to_wmi_device(9)
• struct wmi_buffer(9)
• struct wmi_driver(9)
• to_wmi_driver(9)
• wmi_driver_register(9)
• module_wmi_driver(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — sourced from ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's giving struct wmi_string(9) in the Kernel API Manual 💅✨