nvme_init_ctrl_list(9)

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🌸 nvme_init_ctrl_list(9) — the libnvme API manual, bestie edition 🌸

okay so real talk, this one lives in the libnvme API manual, and it's genuinely one of the cutest lil helpers in there. no cap. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

nvme_init_ctrl_list — literally just initializes an nvme_ctrl_list structure from an array. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nvme_init_ctrl_list (struct nvme_ctrl_list *cntlist , __u16
num_ctrls , __u16 *ctrlist );

she takes three things and returns void, because she's not here to give you answers, she's here to set things up for you. main character energy fr fr 👑

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • cntlist — the controller list structure you're initializing. this is the glow-up target, the thing getting filled in 💖
  • num_ctrls — the number of controllers in the array, ctrlist. so like, how many besties are we packing into this list? 🫶
  • ctrlist — an array of controller identifiers, in CPU native endian. yes, CPU native endian, don't come at me about byte order, that's just how she rolls 🦋

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this function is intended to be used with any command that takes a controller list argument. any of them. she's flexible like that ✨

if you wanna see her in her natural habitat, go look at nvme_ns_attach_ctrls and nvme_ns_detach. those are the icons she hangs out with 🌈

ngl bestie, this is a "you build the list, someone else does the cool thing with it" situation. she's the backstage crew, not the headliner. still iconic tho 💅

and that's the whole page! short and sweet, just like she should be 🍓

sign-off szn: this lil beauty comes to you from October 2026, and she's page nvme_init_ctrl_list(9) of the libnvme API manual. go forth and initialize those controller lists, bestie 😭💜🧚

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