nvme_init_get_lba_status(9)

📦 version 3.2, in arch rolling

✨ nvme_init_get_lba_status(9) 💅 — from the libnvme API manual

🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme_init_get_lba_status — initialize passthru command to retrieve information on possibly unrecoverable LBAs. That's the whole vibe: it's the setup girlie for getting the tea on LBAs that might be unrecoverable 😭✨

💻 SYNOPSIS 💻

bestie, here's the signature in all its glory — do not retype it wrong, okay? it's literally:

void nvme_init_get_lba_status (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u32
       nsid , __u64 slba , __u32 mndw , enum nvme_lba_status_atype atype ,
       __u16 rl , struct nvme_lba_status *lbas );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • cmd — passthru command to use. That's the vessel, bestie 🫶
  • nsid — namespace ID to retrieve LBA status. Which namespace are we checking? this one 👀
  • slba — starting logical block address to check statuses. The starting point of the lore 📍
  • mndw — maximum number of dwords to return. Cap that return size, periodt ✂️
  • atype — action type mechanism to determine LBA status descriptors to return, see enum nvme_lba_status_atype. This is the descriptor-selection situation 💅
  • rl — range length from slba to perform the action. How far we go from slba, no cap 📏
  • lbas — data payload buffer to return status descriptors. The buffer where the status-descriptor tea gets poured 🍓

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so, real talk: this function initializes the passthru command buffer for the Get LBA Status command. That's the assignment. It's giving “set it up so the Get LBA Status command can do its thing” energy, and honestly? iconic. No complicated side quests in this description — just that initialization moment ✨

cute lil sign-off before you close the tab: this page is from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026, and the footer source/version tag is literally nvme_init_get_lba_statusnvme_init_get_lba_status(9) 🫶💖

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