ata_qc_free(9)

💅 NAME 💅

ata_qc_free(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — is all about how to free unused ata_queued_cmd. She's giving kernel-core main character energy, no cap ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ata_qc_free (struct ata_queued_cmd *qc );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• qc — Command to complete. Literally the command you're completing, bestie 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so this one is designed to free an unused ata_queued_cmd object in case something prevents using it. It's giving cleanup era, and honestly? Obsessed 💖

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) — that's the locking vibe, periodt 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file to peek at is ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c, and here's the whole bestie list — every single one, no skips 💅

• Kernel file: ./drivers/ata/libata-core.c
• ata_link_next(9), ata_dev_next(9), ata_dev_phys_link(9), ata_force_cbl(9), ata_force_pflags(9), ata_force_link_limits(9), ata_force_xfermask(9), ata_force_quirks(9), atapi_cmd_type(9), ata_set_rwcmd_protocol(9)
• ata_tf_read_block(9), ata_build_rw_tf(9), ata_pack_xfermask(9), ata_unpack_xfermask(9), ata_xfer_mask2mode(9), ata_xfer_mode2mask(9), ata_xfer_mode2shift(9), ata_mode_string(9), ata_dev_classify(9), ata_id_string(9)
• ata_id_c_string(9), ata_read_native_max_address(9), ata_set_max_sectors(9), ata_hpa_resize(9), ata_dump_id(9), ata_id_xfermask(9), ata_exec_internal(9), ata_pio_need_iordy(9), ata_pio_mask_no_iordy(9), ata_do_dev_read_id(9)
• ata_dev_read_id(9), ata_dev_power_set_standby(9), ata_dev_power_set_active(9), ata_read_log_page(9), ata_dev_configure(9), ata_cable_40wire(9), ata_cable_80wire(9), ata_cable_unknown(9), ata_cable_ignore(9), ata_cable_sata(9)
• sata_print_link_status(9), ata_dev_pair(9), ata_timing_cycle2mode(9), ata_down_xfermask_limit(9), ata_set_mode(9), ata_wait_ready(9), ata_wait_after_reset(9), ata_std_prereset(9), ata_std_postreset(9), ata_dev_same_device(9)
• ata_dev_reread_id(9), ata_dev_revalidate(9), ata_is_40wire(9), cable_is_40wire(9), ata_dev_xfermask(9), ata_dev_set_xfermode(9), ata_dev_set_feature(9), ata_dev_init_params(9), atapi_check_dma(9), ata_std_qc_defer(9)
• ata_sg_init(9), ata_sg_clean(9), ata_sg_setup(9), swap_buf_le16(9), ata_qc_complete(9), ata_qc_get_active(9), ata_qc_issue(9), ata_phys_link_online(9), ata_phys_link_offline(9), ata_link_online(9)
• ata_link_offline(9), ata_host_suspend(9), ata_host_resume(9), ata_dev_init(9), ata_link_init(9), sata_link_init_spd(9), ata_port_alloc(9), ata_host_alloc(9), ata_host_alloc_pinfo(9), ata_finalize_port_ops(9)
• ata_host_start(9), ata_host_init(9), ata_host_register(9), ata_host_activate(9), ata_dev_free_resources(9), ata_port_detach(9), ata_host_detach(9), ata_pci_remove_one(9), ata_platform_remove_one(9), ata_msleep(9), ata_wait_register(9)

okay that's the whole page, bestie — source/version ./drivers/ata, date October 2026, and she absolutely ate 💅✨🫶