_ctl_display_some_debug(9)

💅 _ctl_display_some_debug(9) — Kernel API Manual, but make it a group chat

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this page is literally about _ctl_display_some_debug, a debug routine. that's the whole vibe. it prints debug info. it's the friend who screenshots everything so you can figure out what went wrong later. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

_ctl_display_some_debug — bestie. it's a debug routine. that's it. that's the name. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void _ctl_display_some_debug (struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc , u16 smid ,
char *calling_function_name , MPI2DefaultReply_t *mpi_reply );

like, four things go in, nothing comes back (void, she's giving no return value, no notes). 🌸

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ioc — the per adapter object. yes, your fave. the whole adapter, right there, in your hands. 🫶
• smid — system request message index. it's a u16. it's an index. it's system request message flavored. ⭐
• calling_function_name — a string passed in from the calling function, so whoever calls this can announce themselves. main character energy, honestly. 👑
• mpi_reply — the reply message frame. it's a MPI2DefaultReply_t *. the reply, in frame form. 🌈

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✨ CONTEXT ✨

none. — literally no context required. she's flexible. she's lowkey chill. 💀

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this is the function for displaying debug info that's helpful when you're debugging issues in this module. that's the whole job description, no cap. it shows you stuff so the stuff stops being mysterious. 🔥

like — you're chasing a bug in the module, and this is the little icon who hands you the receipts. helpful when debugging issues in this module. periodt. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the whole extended friend group gets tagged. strap in, bestie, we're mentioning Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c first, plus enum block_state(9), and then:

• mpt3sas_ctl_done(9), _ctl_check_event_type(9), mpt3sas_ctl_add_to_event_log(9), mpt3sas_ctl_event_callback(9)
• _ctl_verify_adapter(9), mpt3sas_ctl_pre_reset_handler(9), mpt3sas_ctl_clear_outstanding_ioctls(9), mpt3sas_ctl_reset_done_handler(9)
• _ctl_fasync(9), _ctl_poll(9), _ctl_set_task_mid(9), _ctl_send_mctp_passthru_req(9)
• _ctl_do_mpt_command(9), _ctl_getiocinfo(9), _ctl_eventquery(9), _ctl_eventenable(9), _ctl_eventreport(9)
• _ctl_do_reset(9), _ctl_btdh_search_sas_device(9), _ctl_btdh_search_pcie_device(9), _ctl_btdh_search_raid_device(9)
• _ctl_btdh_mapping(9), _ctl_diag_capability(9), _ctl_diag_get_bufftype(9), _ctl_diag_register_2(9)
• mpt3sas_enable_diag_buffer(9), _ctl_diag_register(9), _ctl_diag_unregister(9), _ctl_diag_query(9)
• mpt3sas_send_diag_release(9), _ctl_diag_release(9), _ctl_diag_read_buffer(9), _ctl_addnl_diag_query(9)
• _ctl_enable_diag_sbr_reload(9), _ctl_compat_mpt_command(9), _ctl_ioctl_main(9), _ctl_get_mpt_mctp_passthru_adapter(9)
• mpt3sas_get_device_count(9), _ctl_ioctl(9), _ctl_mpt2_ioctl(9), _ctl_ioctl_compat(9), _ctl_mpt2_ioctl_compat(9)
• version_fw_show(9), version_bios_show(9), version_mpi_show(9), version_product_show(9)
• version_nvdata_persistent_show(9), version_nvdata_default_show(9), board_name_show(9), board_assembly_show(9), board_tracer_show(9)
• io_delay_show(9), device_delay_show(9), fw_queue_depth_show(9), host_sas_address_show(9)
• logging_level_show(9), fwfault_debug_show(9), ioc_reset_count_show(9), reply_queue_count_show(9), BRM_status_show(9)
• host_trace_buffer_size_show(9), host_trace_buffer_show(9), host_trace_buffer_enable_show(9)
• diag_trigger_master_show(9), diag_trigger_master_store(9), diag_trigger_event_show(9), diag_trigger_event_store(9)
• diag_trigger_scsi_show(9), diag_trigger_scsi_store(9), diag_trigger_mpi_show(9), diag_trigger_mpi_store(9)
• drv_support_bitmap_show(9), enable_sdev_max_qd_show(9), enable_sdev_max_qd_store(9)
• sas_address_show(9), sas_device_handle_show(9), sas_ncq_prio_supported_show(9), sas_ncq_prio_enable_show(9)
• mpt3sas_ctl_init(9), mpt3sas_ctl_release(9), mpt3sas_ctl_exit(9)

iykyk. that's the whole crew. not one of them left out, bestie, i counted. 🦋

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ngl, if you were looking for drama, danger, warnings or deprecated stuff — there isn't any here. it's just a debug display function living its truth. 💖

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and that's the page!! footer tea for the very end: this one comes from ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas, dated October 2026, and it's page _ctl_display_some_debug(9) of the Kernel API Manual. slay, go debug something, ily, bye 🧚💜