ata_scsi_med...hange_notify(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this page is ata_scsi_med...hange_notify(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the actual function is ata_scsi_media_change_notify — its whole vibe is: send media change event. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the signature is giving “one pointer, no drama”:

void ata_scsi_media_change_notify (struct ata_device *dev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — Pointer to the disk device with media change event. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so the assignment is short and sweet: tell the block layer to send a media change notification event. that’s it, that’s the whole thing. ✨

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock) 👑

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c — yes, that one. and here’s the full SEE ALSO squad, no cap:

• 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_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_hotplug(9)
• ata_scsi_user_scan(9)
• ata_scsi_dev_rescan(9)

okay that’s the whole page, bestie. source/version is ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026, and the footer title is ata_scsi_med...hange_notify(9). mwah, byeee 💖✨