nvme_init_sanitize_ns(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay bestie, this is the libnvme API manual page for nvme_init_sanitize_ns(9) — it initializes the passthru command to start a sanitize namespace operation. yes, it's giving setup-the-command-buffer energy, periodt. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void nvme_init_sanitize_ns (struct libnvme_passthru_cmd *cmd , enum
nvme_sanitize_sanact sanact , bool ause , bool emvs , bool preq );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• cmd — the passthru command to use; this is the command buffer you're initializing. main character energy.
• sanact — the sanitize action, see enum nvme_sanitize_sanact.
• ause — set it to allow unrestricted sanitize exit.
• emvs — set it to enter media verification state.
• preq — set it to require the sanitize operation to purge user data, as defined by IEEE Std 2883, or fail.

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Initializes the passthru command buffer for the Sanitize namespace command. that's the tea ☕ — command buffer setup, no cap. ✨

and yes bestie, it's a void function — no return value is coming back, so don't wait for one. the sanitize action lives in enum nvme_sanitize_sanact, iykyk. 🫶

mwah 💋 that's the nvme_init_sanitize_ns(9) page from the libnvme API manual, dated October 2026. slay, bestie — go initialize that passthru command buffer! 🎀🦋💖