validate_string_input(9)

✨ validate_string_input(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for validate_string_input(9) — yes, the (9) is part of the name, we love a consistent queen 💅. This one is all about validating the input of current_value against min and max lengths. No cap, that's the whole vibe.

💖 NAME 💖

validate_string_input — validate input of current_value against min and max lengths 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

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

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• instance_id — the instance on which input is validated, periodt 💫
• buf — the input value, literally the thing being passed in 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/string-attributes.c — yes, the whole file, iconic 💅
• hp_populate_string_package_data(9) — bestie with a (9), we see you 👑
• hp_populate_string_buffer_data(9) — another (9) legend ✨
• hp_exit_string_attributes(9) — and the exit one, slay 🌈

mwah 💋 this cutie came from source/version ./drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-b..., dated October 2026 — bye bestie, go validate something 🫶💖