nvme_init_resv_acquire(9)

💅 nvme_init_resv_acquire — bestie's guide to the libnvme API manual

okay so this is the nvme_init_resv_acquire(9) page from the libnvme API manual and honestly? it's giving "small function, big job" ✨ it sets up the passthru command buffer for the Reservation Acquire command, which is lowkey iconic of it.

✨ NAME ✨

nvme_init_resv_acquire — initialize the passthru command for Reservation Acquire 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void nvme_init_resv_acquire (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , __u32
nsid , enum nvme_resv_racqa racqa , bool iekey , bool disnsrs , enum
nvme_resv_rtype rtype , __u64 crkey , __u64 prkey , __le64 *payload );

it returns void, bestie — no return value to obsess over, it just does the thing 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cmd — the passthru command you're gonna use 🫶
• nsid — the namespace identifier, iykyk
• racqa — the action that's performed by the command, see enum nvme_resv_racqa ⭐
• iekey — set it to ignore the existing key 🙈
• disnsrs — Disperse Namespace Reservation Support
• rtype — the type of reservation to be create, see enum nvme_resv_rtype (yes that's the wording, no I'm not fixing it, it's canon now 💀)
• crkey — the current reservation key associated with the host 🔑
• prkey — Preempt Reservation Key 👑
• payload — data payload buffer to hold crkey and prkey 🍓

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

it initializes the passthru command buffer for the Reservation Acquire command. that's it, that's the whole vibe check — short, sweet, and it ate 🌈

fr fr bestie, don't sleep on this one — it's small but it's main character energy for the Reservation Acquire path 👑

and that's a wrap, queen 🧚 this page came from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026, and it's literally called nvme_init_resv_acquire(9) — go forth and initialize those passthru commands with confidence 💜💅✨