lsm_capabilities(3)

✨ NAME ✨

lsm_capabilities — bestie, this is the one that asks the storage array what it can actually do 👑 (query the capabilities of the storage array, fr fr)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int lsm_capabilities (lsm_connect *conn, lsm_system *system,
lsm_storage_capabilities **cap, lsm_flag flags);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• conn — a valid lsm_connect pointer, like actually valid, no fake ones pls 🙈
• system — the system of interest 💖 the one you're curious about
• cap — output pointer of lsm_storage_capabilities, aka where the storage array capabilities land. Heads up bestie: the returned value must be freed with a call to lsm_capability_record_free. Don't forget. Not me forgetting to free memory… 😭
• flags — reserved for future use, must be LSM_CLIENT_FLAG_RSVD. Like it's reserved, so keep it reserved 💅

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⭐ VERSION ⭐

1.0

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so this function queries the capabilities of the storage array. The whole point of a "capability" is to tell you whether a certain piece of functionality is supported by the specified storage system 👀✨

So when you're about to call some function, check what capability it requires first — check the desired function for its required capability. To verify a capability is actually supported, use lsm_capability_supported 🫶

And here's the lowkey important part: if some functionality is not listed in the enumerated capability type (lsm_capability_type), then that functionality is mandatory and is required to exist. Like it's not optional, it's a given, periodt 💀

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Error code as enumerated by lsm_error_number. The vibe check results:

• LSM_ERR_OK
  • On success 🎉 slay
• LSM_ERR_INVALID_ARGUMENT
  • When any argument is NULL or not a valid lsm_connect pointer or not a valid lsm_system or invalid flags 🙈
• LSM_ERR_NOT_FOUND_SYSTEM
  • When the specified system does not exist 😭 it's just not there bestie

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That's the whole page, babe 💜 — brought to you by the Libstoragemgmt C API Manual, version vibe lsm_capabilities(3), dated February 2026. Go forth and query those capabilities, you main character 🌈👑