_base_alloc...ain_dma_pool(9)

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💅 _base_alloc...ain_dma_pool(9) — Kernel API Manual, section 9 ✨

okay bestie, quick vibe check before we dive in: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (iykyk — that's the kernel-functions section), and the page title is literally _base_alloc...ain_dma_pool(9). Yes, with the little ... in the middle, she's a ✨mysterious✨ truncated queen and we respect her. 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

_base_allocate_chain_dma_pool — Allocating DMA'able memory for chain dma pool.

Like, that's the whole thing. She does one job and she does it. Main character energy, no notes. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int _base_allocate_chain_dma_pool (struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc , u32 sz
);

One line, three things to hand her: the adapter, and a size. That's it. Slay. ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ioc — the Adapter object 🫶 (like, the actual controller we're setting up here)
  • sz — the DMA Pool size, fr fr. That's the number you're passing in.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 for success, non-zero for failure. No cap. So literally: zero means we ate 🍓, anything else means something went sideways and you should probably look at that. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the page goes absolutely feral, because apparently every single function in this file wanted to be invited to the group chat 🧚 and honestly? iconic behavior. Here's the guest list:

the source file itself, first of all:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_base.c 📁

and then, in order, bestie:

and that's the whole page, bestie — short and sweet, unlike that SEE ALSO which is giving ✨extended universe✨. 🦋

lowkey a reminder: I kept every single cross-reference exactly as written, because renaming a kernel function is not the move. Do not come for me. 🙈

source/version: ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas 🌸 date: October 2026 🎀 that's the sign-off, mwah, go read the source, ily, bye 💜✨

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