_ctl_ioctl(9)

💅 _ctl_ioctl(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual entry for _ctl_ioctl(9), and it is literally the mpt3ctl main ioctl entry point — with the very important unlocked qualifier attached. No cap, that word is doing main-character work here.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

_ctl_ioctl — the main ioctl entry point for mpt3ctl (unlocked, bestie 🫶).

⚠️ It’s the unlocked entry point. That’s not a vibe check you wanna skip, okay? 😭

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

The signature is exactly this, character for character:

long _ctl_ioctl (struct file *file , unsigned int cmd , unsigned long
arg );

It returns long, and yes, the line break before arg is part of the original look 💖.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• file — type: struct file. That’s the whole description the page gives us — the type is right there, slay 🎀.
• cmd — the ioctl opcode. iconic little integer behavior.
• arg — ? 😭 the manual literally leaves this one as a question mark, and honestly? We respect the mystery.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so the whole mpt3sas extended friend group is here, in the original order because we respect the lore ✨:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
• enum block_state(9)
• _ctl_display_some_debug(9)
• 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_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)

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🫶 Source/version: ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas · Date: October 2026 · _ctl_ioctl(9) out — byeee bestie 💖✨