wmidev_instance_count(9)

wmidev_instance_count(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is the wmidev_instance_count(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — manual name folded in near the top, naturally, and yes it's giving kernel API ✨.

🌸 NAME 🌸

wmidev_instance_count — get the number of WMI object instances, periodt 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u8 wmidev_instance_count (struct wmi_device *wdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• wdev — a wmi bus device from a driver. That's the device bestie you're passing in 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Get the number of WMI object instances. Lowkey iconic, highkey one job: count those WMI object instances 💫

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Number of WMI object instances. That's the whole return, slay 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Like, go read the whole friend group, no cap 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/platform/wmi/core.c
• wmi_instance_count(9)
• wmi_evaluate_method(9)
• wmidev_evaluate_method(9)
• wmidev_invoke_method(9)
• wmidev_invoke_procedure(9)
• wmi_query_block(9)
• wmidev_block_query(9)
• wmidev_query_block(9)
• wmi_set_block(9)
• wmidev_block_set(9)
• wmidev_set_block(9)
• wmi_install_notify_handler(9)
• wmi_remove_notify_handler(9)
• wmi_has_guid(9)
• wmi_get_acpi_device_uid(9)
• wmi_driver_unregister(9)

okay bye bestie 🫶 this page lives under ./drivers/platform/wmi, dated October 2026, and it's literally the wmidev_instance_count(9) page — mwah 💖