ata_msense_rw_recovery(9)

💫 ata_msense_rw_recovery 💫

okay so this is ata_msense_rw_recovery, straight out of the kernel API manual — yes bestie, we're reading kernel docs for fun now, and honestly? iconic behavior. it lives in section 9, iykyk 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ata_msense_rw_recovery — the little function that simulates the MODE SENSE r/w error recovery page 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int ata_msense_rw_recovery (u8 *buf , bool changeable );

that's the whole signature, no cap. unsigned int going in, unsigned int coming out, two args, periodt 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• buf — the output buffer, aka where the good stuff gets written 💖
• changeable — a bool that says whether you're asking for the changeable parameters or not. like, do you want the flexible version or the fixed version, bestie? pick one 🫶

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do? it generates a generic MODE SENSE r/w error recovery page. that's it, that's the whole vibe. a fresh, generic page, made to order ✨

LOCKING: None. nope, zero, not a single lock. go wild, but also, like, responsibly 🌈

lowkey important: this manpage doesn't tell you anything about locking beyond "None", so don't go inventing your own rules, bestie. it says None. it means None. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this list is long and honestly it ate. every single one of these, no skipping:

• 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_get_identity(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_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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and that's the whole page, bestie. it's giving "small function, huge friend group" energy ngl 💜

source: ./drivers/ata · dated: October 2026 · ata_msense_rw_recovery(9) — mwah, drink some water, and go read another manpage for me 🍓🧚‍♀️