nvme_init_dsm_range(2)

💖 NAME 💖

nvme_init_dsm_range — bestie, this one constructs a data set range structure for you ✨

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nvme_init_dsm_range (struct nvme_dsm_range *dsm , __u32 *ctx_attrs
, __u32 *llbas , __u64 *slbas , __u16 nr_ranges );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dsm — the DSM range array itself, the main character of this whole operation 👑
• ctx_attrs — an array of context attributes 🦋
• llbas — an array of lengths, measured in logical blocks 📏
• slbas — an array of starting logical blocks, like where each range begins 🌈
• nr_ranges — the size of the dsm arrays, aka how many ranges we're working with 🔢

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so every single one of those arrays has to be the same size — that size being nr_ranges. like, all of them, no exceptions, the vibe check is that they match 💅

and literally the whole point of this function? it's intended to be used with constructing a payload for nvme_dsm. that's the assignment. that's the job. periodt 🫶

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🌟 RETURN 🌟

It hands you back the nvme command status if a response came through — or -errno otherwise 💀

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ngl that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and construct those data set range structures, you've got this 🧚💜

This was nvme_init_dsm_range from the libnvme API manual, dated July 2026. slay, bye!! 💖✨🎀