nvme_init_copy(9)

hey bestie 💕 welcome to the libnvme API manual page for nvme_init_copy(9) — yes, the function itself, and yes, she's iconic. this is the whole page, no skipped bits, no cap 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nvme_init_copy — initialize the passthru command for the Copy command. that's the name, that's the assignment, periodt 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nvme_init_copy (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u32 nsid ,
__u64 sdlba , __u16 nr , __u8 desfmt , __u8 prinfor , __u8 prinfow ,
__u8 cetype , __u8 dtype , bool stcw , bool stcr , bool fua , bool lr ,
__u16 cev , __u16 dspec , void *cpydsc );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cmd — the passthru command to use, bestie 🫶
• nsid — namespace identifier ✨
• sdlba — start destination LBA 🎯
• nr — number of ranges — it's 1-based here, but 0-based in the command, iykyk 👀
• desfmt — descriptor format 🧚
• prinfor — protection information field for read 🔥
• prinfow — protection information field for write 🔥
• cetype — Command Extension Type 💫
• dtype — Directive Type 💫
• stcw — Storage Tag Check Write 🏷️
• stcr — Storage Tag Check Read 🏷️
• fua — Force unit access ⚡
• lr — Limited retry 🔁
• cev — Command Extension Value 🎁
• dspec — Directive specific value 🎁
• cpydsc — range description buffer 🧺

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this function initializes the passthru command buffer for the Copy command. the way it does that? by calculating the data length and calling the generic I/O initializer. literally that's the vibe, and it ate 💖

that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — with love from the October 2026 edition, source nvme_init_copy, manual nvme_init_copy(9). mwah 💋