validate_str_input(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so welcome to validate_str_input(9) from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅

validate_str_input — it validates the input of current_value against min and max lengths. That’s the whole vibe check 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int validate_str_input (int instance_id , const char *buf );

it’s giving int, and honestly? iconic ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• instance_id — the instance on which input is validated. like, which instance are we checking? that one 🫶
• buf — the input value. the actual thing being passed in, no cap 💖

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go peek at these related cuties:

• the Kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/string-attributes.c
• populate_str_data(9)
• exit_str_attributes(9)

they’re all linked up, iykyk 🌈

made with 💖 from the Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/platform/x86/dell/de... (yes, exactly like that, ellipsis and all), dated October 2026. periodt 👑