ata_bmdma_irq_clear(9)

💅 ata_bmdma_irq_clear 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual moment for ata_bmdma_irq_clear — it’s giving “tiny function, very specific job,” and honestly that’s iconic. let’s get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ata_bmdma_irq_clear — clear PCI IDE BMDMA interrupt. that’s the whole name vibe, no cap 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ata_bmdma_irq_clear (struct ata_port *ap );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ap — the port associated with this ATA transaction. this is your main-character argument, bestie 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Clear interrupt and error flags in the DMA status register. that’s the serve 💅

May be used as the irq_clear entry in ata_port_operations. slay, that’s the placement info ✨

🔒 LOCKING

spin_lock_irqsave(host lock)

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c — and here’s the full friend group, every single ref in the original order:

• ata_sff_check_status(9)
• ata_sff_altstatus(9)
• ata_sff_irq_status(9)
• ata_sff_sync(9)
• ata_sff_pause(9)
• ata_sff_dma_pause(9)
• ata_sff_wait_ready(9)
• ata_sff_set_devctl(9)
• ata_sff_dev_select(9)
• ata_dev_select(9)
• ata_sff_irq_on(9)
• ata_sff_tf_load(9)
• ata_sff_tf_read(9)
• ata_sff_exec_command(9)
• ata_tf_to_host(9)
• ata_sff_data_xfer(9)
• ata_sff_data_xfer32(9)
• ata_pio_sector(9)
• ata_pio_sectors(9)
• atapi_send_cdb(9)
• __atapi_pio_bytes(9)
• atapi_pio_bytes(9)
• ata_hsm_ok_in_wq(9)
• ata_hsm_qc_complete(9)
• ata_sff_hsm_move(9)
• ata_sff_qc_issue(9)
• ata_sff_qc_fill_rtf(9)
• ata_sff_port_intr(9)
• ata_sff_interrupt(9)
• ata_sff_lost_interrupt(9)
• ata_sff_freeze(9)
• ata_sff_thaw(9)
• ata_sff_prereset(9)
• ata_devchk(9)
• ata_sff_dev_classify(9)
• ata_sff_wait_after_reset(9)
• ata_sff_softreset(9)
• sata_sff_hardreset(9)
• ata_sff_postreset(9)
• ata_sff_drain_fifo(9)
• ata_sff_error_handler(9)
• ata_sff_std_ports(9)
• ata_pci_sff_init_host(9)
• ata_pci_sff_prepare_host(9)
• ata_pci_sff_activate_host(9)
• ata_pci_sff_init_one(9)
• ata_bmdma_fill_sg(9)
• ata_bmdma_fill_sg_dumb(9)
• ata_bmdma_qc_prep(9)
• ata_bmdma_dumb_qc_prep(9)
• ata_bmdma_qc_issue(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_intr(9)
• ata_bmdma_interrupt(9)
• ata_bmdma_error_handler(9)
• ata_bmdma_post_internal_cmd(9)
• ata_bmdma_setup(9)
• ata_bmdma_start(9)
• ata_bmdma_stop(9)
• ata_bmdma_status(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_start(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_start32(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_clear_simplex(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_init(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_prepare_host(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_init_one(9)
• ata_sff_port_init(9)

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that’s the whole page, bestie — sourced from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and filed under ata_bmdma_irq_clear(9). go off, kernel queen 👑✨