ata_get_identity(9)

🎀 ata_get_identity(9) 🎀

okay so this is the ata_get_identity(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s lowkey giving tiny-handler-that-could energy. bestie, we’re gonna get through it together, no cap. 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ata_get_identity — handler for the HDIO_GET_IDENTITY ioctl. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ata_get_identity (struct ata_port *ap , struct scsi_device *sdev ,
       void __user *arg );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• ap — target port. that’s the port we’re targeting, literally.
• sdev — SCSI device to get identify data for. yep, the SCSI device whose identify data we’re grabbing. 🦋
• arg — user buffer area for identify data. this is where the identify-data tea gets held, iykyk. 🍓

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

LOCKING: Defined by the SCSI layer. We don't really care. 💀

that’s it. that’s the description. it’s giving “short, sweet, and not our problem,” fr fr. ✨

🌟 RETURN 🌟

Zero on success, negative errno on error. that’s the whole vibe check: success is 0, error is a negative errno. 🌈

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

the whole extended universe of references, bestie — every single one, no skips:

• Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c
• ata_scsi_set_passthru_sense_fields(9), ata_std_bios_param(9), ata_scsi_unlock_native_capacity(9), ata_cmd_ioctl(9), ata_task_ioctl(9)
• ata_scsi_qc_new(9), ata_to_sense_error(9), ata_gen_ata_sense(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)

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okay bye bestie! source/version spot: ./drivers/ata · date: October 2026 · page name: ata_get_identity(9). stay slay. 💖✨🦋