ata_link_abort(9)

💅 ata_link_abort 💅

okay so bestie, this is the Kernel API Manual page for ata_link_abort(9), and it's giving “clean up the link” energy. no cap. 💖

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ata_link_abort — abort all qc's on the link. periodt. ✨

💻 SYNOPSIS 💻

the whole signature, exactly as it is:

int ata_link_abort (struct ata_link *link );

🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• link — the ATA link to abort qc's for. that's the one, bestie. 🫶

💥 DESCRIPTION 💥

Abort all active qc's active on link and schedule EH. yep, that's the mission. 🔥

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) — that's the locking sitch, keep it in mind. 🔒

🎁 RETURN 🎁

Number of aborted qc's. that's the number it returns, and honestly that's iconic. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-eh.c — plus the whole friend group, all these (9) besties:

• __ata_ehi_push_desc(9)
• ata_ehi_push_desc(9)
• ata_ehi_clear_desc(9)
• ata_port_desc(9)
• ata_port_pbar_desc(9)
• ata_internal_cmd_timeout(9)
• ata_internal_cmd_timed_out(9)
• ata_eh_acquire(9)
• ata_eh_release(9)
• ata_scsi_error(9)
• ata_scsi_cmd_error_handler(9)
• ata_scsi_port_error_handler(9)
• ata_port_wait_eh(9)
• ata_eh_set_pending(9)
• ata_qc_schedule_eh(9)
• ata_std_sched_eh(9)
• ata_std_end_eh(9)
• ata_port_schedule_eh(9)
• ata_port_abort(9)
• __ata_port_freeze(9)
• ata_port_freeze(9)
• ata_eh_freeze_port(9)
• ata_eh_thaw_port(9)
• ata_eh_qc_complete(9)
• ata_eh_qc_retry(9)
• ata_dev_disable(9)
• ata_eh_detach_dev(9)
• ata_eh_about_to_do(9)
• ata_eh_done(9)
• ata_err_string(9)
• atapi_eh_tur(9)
• ata_eh_decide_disposition(9)
• ata_eh_request_sense(9)
• atapi_eh_request_sense(9)
• ata_eh_analyze_serror(9)
• ata_eh_analyze_tf(9)
• ata_eh_speed_down_verdict(9)
• ata_eh_speed_down(9)
• ata_eh_worth_retry(9)
• ata_eh_quiet(9)
• ata_eh_link_set_lpm(9)
• ata_eh_link_autopsy(9)
• ata_eh_autopsy(9)
• ata_get_cmd_name(9)
• ata_eh_link_report(9)
• ata_eh_report(9)
• ata_eh_set_mode(9)
• atapi_eh_clear_ua(9)
• ata_eh_maybe_retry_flush(9)
• ata_eh_recover(9)
• ata_eh_finish(9)
• ata_std_error_handler(9)
• ata_eh_handle_port_suspend(9)
• ata_eh_handle_port_resume(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 — source/version ./drivers/ata, date October 2026. mwah 💖