nvme_init_dsm(9)

📦 version 3.2, in arch rolling

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, this is the libnvme API manual page for nvme_init_dsm(9), and it's here to Initialize passthru command for NVMe I/O Data Set Management. That's the whole assignment. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole function signature, no cap:

void nvme_init_dsm (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u32 nsid , __u16 nr , __u8 idr , __u8 idw , __u8 ad , void *data , __u32 len );

💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

every single one of these matters, so don't skip the vibe check:

  • cmd — passthru command to use.
  • nsid — namespace identifier.
  • nr — number of block ranges in the data set management attributes.
  • idr — DSM Integral Dataset for Read attribute.
  • idw — DSM Integral Dataset for Write attribute.
  • ad — DSM Deallocate attribute.
  • data — user space destination address to transfer the data.
  • len — length of provided user buffer to hold the log data in bytes.

mwah 💖 this iconic little page comes from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026, and it's literally nvme_init_dsm(9). periodt. 🎀

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