ata_gen_ata_sense(9)

💅 ata_gen_ata_sense(9) — a page from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, we're diving into ata_gen_ata_sense(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's short, it's sweet, it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ata_gen_ata_sense — literally generates a SCSI fixed sense block. that's it, that's the whole job, and she does it flawlessly 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ata_gen_ata_sense (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• qc — the command that we are erroring out 😭 like this is the one that went wrong and we're here to explain why

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

Generate a sense block for a failed ATA command qc.

no cap, that's the whole vibe: something broke, qc is the broken thing, and this function writes up the "here's what happened" report in SCSI fixed sense block form 🔥

🔒 LOCKING 🔒

None. zero. nada. no locks taken, no lock drama, we simply do not participate 🙈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the Kernel file:

• ./drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c

and then, bestie, prepare yourself, because the friend group is large 💀 every single one of these cuties is (9) and every single one is here:

• ata_scsi_set_passthru_sense_fields(9), ata_std_bios_param(9), ata_scsi_unlock_native_capacity(9), ata_get_identity(9)
• ata_cmd_ioctl(9), ata_task_ioctl(9), ata_scsi_qc_new(9), ata_to_sense_error(9)
• ata_scsi_dma_need_drain(9), ata_scsi_sdev_init(9), ata_scsi_sdev_configure(9), ata_scsi_sdev_destroy(9)
• ata_scsi_start_stop_xlat(9), ata_scsi_flush_xlat(9), scsi_6_lba_len(9), scsi_10_lba_len(9)
• scsi_16_lba_len(9), scsi_dld(9), ata_scsi_verify_xlat(9), ata_scsi_rw_xlat(9)
• ata_scsi_translate(9), ata_scsi_rbuf_fill(9), ata_scsiop_inq_std(9), ata_scsiop_inq_00(9)
• ata_scsiop_inq_80(9), ata_scsiop_inq_83(9), ata_scsiop_inq_89(9), ata_dsm_trim_pages(9)
• ata_scsiop_inq_b0(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b1(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b2(9), ata_scsiop_inq_b6(9)
• ata_scsiop_inq_b9(9), ata_scsiop_inquiry(9), modecpy(9), ata_msense_caching(9)
• ata_msense_control(9), ata_msense_rw_recovery(9), ata_scsiop_mode_sense(9), ata_scsiop_read_cap(9)
• ata_scsiop_report_luns(9), atapi_xlat(9), ata_scsi_find_dev(9), ata_scsi_pass_thru(9)
• ata_format_dsm_trim_descr(9), ata_scsi_write_same_xlat(9), ata_scsiop_maint_in(9), ata_scsi_report_zones_complete(9)
• ata_mselect_caching(9), ata_mselect_control(9), ata_scsi_mode_select_xlat(9), ata_scsi_var_len_cdb_xlat(9)
• ata_get_xlat_func(9), ata_scsi_simulate(9), ata_scsi_queuecmd(9), ata_scsi_offline_dev(9)
• ata_scsi_remove_dev(9), ata_scsi_media_change_notify(9), ata_scsi_hotplug(9), ata_scsi_user_scan(9)
• ata_scsi_dev_rescan(9)

like I said. huge friend group. iykyk 🌈

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this little gem lives in ./drivers/ata and it's dated October 2026 — go forth and generate sense blocks responsibly, mwah 💋✨