ata_pio_sector(9)

💖 ata_pio_sector(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, we’re in the Kernel API Manual and this page is literally about ata_pio_sector(9). It’s giving “small function, very specific job,” and I’m obsessed. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ata_pio_sector — Transfer a sector of data. like yes, that’s the whole name and the whole assignment. periodt. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ata_pio_sector (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

That signature is iconic, keep it exactly like that. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• qc — Command on going. That’s it, bestie — your whole ongoing command situation lives here. 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So the function transfers qc->sect_size bytes of data from/to the ATA device. That’s the byte count from qc, moving data in either direction with the ATA device, no cap. 🦋

LOCKING: Inherited from caller. That’s the entire lock lore on this page, bestie — don’t ask me to invent extra. 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c is in the group chat too, and here’s the whole entourage — every single reference, fr fr:

• ata_sff_check_status(9)
• ata_sff_altstatus(9)
• ata_sff_irq_status(9)
• ata_sff_sync(9)
• ata_sff_pause(9)
• ata_sff_dma_pause(9)
• ata_sff_wait_ready(9)
• ata_sff_set_devctl(9)
• ata_sff_dev_select(9)
• ata_dev_select(9)
• ata_sff_irq_on(9)
• ata_sff_tf_load(9)
• ata_sff_tf_read(9)
• ata_sff_exec_command(9)
• ata_tf_to_host(9)
• ata_sff_data_xfer(9)
• ata_sff_data_xfer32(9)
• ata_pio_sectors(9)
• atapi_send_cdb(9)
• __atapi_pio_bytes(9)
• atapi_pio_bytes(9)
• ata_hsm_ok_in_wq(9)
• ata_hsm_qc_complete(9)
• ata_sff_hsm_move(9)
• ata_sff_qc_issue(9)
• ata_sff_qc_fill_rtf(9)
• ata_sff_port_intr(9)
• ata_sff_interrupt(9)
• ata_sff_lost_interrupt(9)
• ata_sff_freeze(9)
• ata_sff_thaw(9)
• ata_sff_prereset(9)
• ata_devchk(9)
• ata_sff_dev_classify(9)
• ata_sff_wait_after_reset(9)
• ata_sff_softreset(9)
• sata_sff_hardreset(9)
• ata_sff_postreset(9)
• ata_sff_drain_fifo(9)
• ata_sff_error_handler(9)
• ata_sff_std_ports(9)
• ata_pci_sff_init_host(9)
• ata_pci_sff_prepare_host(9)
• ata_pci_sff_activate_host(9)
• ata_pci_sff_init_one(9)
• ata_bmdma_fill_sg(9)
• ata_bmdma_fill_sg_dumb(9)
• ata_bmdma_qc_prep(9)
• ata_bmdma_dumb_qc_prep(9)
• ata_bmdma_qc_issue(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_intr(9)
• ata_bmdma_interrupt(9)
• ata_bmdma_error_handler(9)
• ata_bmdma_post_internal_cmd(9)
• ata_bmdma_irq_clear(9)
• ata_bmdma_setup(9)
• ata_bmdma_start(9)
• ata_bmdma_stop(9)
• ata_bmdma_status(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_start(9)
• ata_bmdma_port_start32(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_clear_simplex(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_init(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_prepare_host(9)
• ata_pci_bmdma_init_one(9)
• ata_sff_port_init(9)

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Cute sign-off bestie: this one’s served from ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and yes it’s still ata_pio_sector(9) — mwah 💋✨