vio_get_attribute(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for vio_get_attribute(9) — the name is literally vio_get_attribute - - get attribute for virtual device. iconic, honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

const void * vio_get_attribute (struct vio_dev *vdev , char *which , int
       *length );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vdev — the vio device to get property. that's your device.
• which — the property/attribute to be extracted. pick your fave.
• length — pointer to length of returned data size (unused if NULL). yes, that NULL loophole is real.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

It calls prom.c's of_get_property to return the value of the attribute specified by which. that's the whole flow, no cap.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/vio.c — the whole squad:

• vio_cmo_alloc(9)
• vio_cmo_dealloc(9)
• vio_cmo_entitlement_update(9)
• vio_cmo_balance(9)
• vio_cmo_set_dev_desired(9)
• vio_cmo_bus_probe(9)
• vio_cmo_bus_remove(9)
• vio_cmo_bus_init(9)
• vio_h_cop_sync(9)
• vio_match_device(9)
• vio_unregister_driver(9)
• vio_register_device_node(9)
• vio_bus_init(9)
• vio_find_node(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries, dated October 2026; this was vio_get_attribute(9), periodt. 🫶