_ctl_verify_adapter(9)

💅 _ctl_verify_adapter(9) 💅

Okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “tiny function, very important vibe check.” 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

_ctl_verify_adapter — validates ioc_number passed from application. Lowkey that’s the whole assignment, bestie, and it ate. ✨

⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int _ctl_verify_adapter (int ioc_number , struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER **iocpp
, int mpi_version );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ioc_number — the original literally just says ? here, no cap. That’s the whole description. 🫠
• iocpp — the ioc pointer is returned in this. 🫶
• mpi_version — will be MPI2_VERSION for mpt2ctl ioctl device & MPI25_VERSION | MPI26_VERSION for mpt3ctl ioctl device. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

(-1) means error, else ioc_number. So if you see (-1), that’s the error signal; otherwise you get ioc_number back. Slay. 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Okay so the SEE ALSO section is a whole group chat. Obsessed with a complete link list, so here’s every single one, no gatekeeping, no cap: 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c, and enum block_state(9) too.
• _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)
• 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)

Okay bye bestie! This page is from the Kernel API Manual; footer tea: source/version ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas, date October 2026, page _ctl_verify_adapter(9). Mwah 💋