ata_eh_worth_retry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ata_eh_worth_retry(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ata_eh_worth_retry — it's giving “should we run this back or nah?” energy, and honestly it's kinda iconic. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ata_eh_worth_retry — analyze error and decide whether to retry.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ata_eh_worth_retry (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • qc — the qc to possibly retry 👀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So the whole move here is: look at the cause of the error and decide if a retry might be useful or not. That's it, that's the vibe check. ✨

🚨 important caveat, no cap: we don't want to retry media errors, because the drive itself has probably already taken 10-30 seconds doing its own internal retries before reporting the failure. Like... it already did the work, bestie. Let it rest. 💀

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-eh.c — yes, that exact one. And here's the whole function bestie squad:

mwah 💋 this lil page comes from the ./drivers/ata source/version corner, dated October 2026, and the footer is still out here repping ata_eh_worth_retry(9) — bye bestie, slay responsibly 🫶💖

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