nvme_scan_ctrls(2)

✨ nvme_scan_ctrls(2) ✨

okay so this is a page from the libnvme API manual, bestie β€” nvme_scan_ctrls(2), section 2, we're in the syscall/lib-function zone πŸ’…


🌸 NAME 🌸

nvme_scan_ctrls β€” scan for controllers πŸ¦‹

like. it goes looking for controllers. that's the whole vibe.


πŸŽ€ SYNOPSIS πŸŽ€

int nvme_scan_ctrls (struct dirent ***ctrls );

that's it. that's the function. one argument, one int coming back, no cap 🫢


πŸ‘‘ ARGUMENTS πŸ‘‘

  • ctrls β€” a pointer to an array of dirents πŸ“ (pointer to array of dirents, exactly as the original says β€” triple-pointer situation, she's dramatic but she's correct)

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it hands you back the number of entries in ctrls ✨ so like, how many controllers it found, as an int. count 'em πŸ’–


and that's the whole page, angel πŸ’œ this one's short and sweet, which honestly? iconic. no drama, just scanning.

source: libnvme API manual β€” page nvme_scan_ctrls from nvme_scan_ctrls(2), dated July 2026 🌈 mwah, see you in the next one πŸŽ€πŸ‘‘πŸ’…

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