ata_sff_error_handler(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ata_sff_error_handler — the stock error handler for SFF controllers

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual (that's the manual name, keep it in your notes 📓) — this one lives in section 9 and it's literally the designated adult in the room when an SFF controller has a bad day. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ata_sff_error_handler — Stock error handler for SFF controller 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ata_sff_error_handler (struct ata_port *ap );

that's the whole signature, she's short and she knows it 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • ap — the port to handle error for. yeah. that port. the one going through it rn 😭

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Stock error handler for SFF controller. that's the whole vibe — it's the off-the-rack, ready-to-wear error handler 👑 and she is iconic for it.

She can handle both PATA and SATA controllers, so no picking favourites here, both get the same love 🌈

Many controllers should be able to use this EH as-is, or with some added handling before and after — like, you can dress her up, accessorise, add your own little bits on either side, and she still slays ✨

LOCKING: Kernel thread context (may sleep). so like, she's allowed to nap 😴 do NOT come at her about it. if you're in a context where sleeping is forbidden, this is not the function for you, periodt.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./drivers/ata/libata-sff.c plus the whole extended fam — every single one, fr fr, I'm not skipping a single cousin at this function reunion 🧚:

like I said. everybody's invited. 🍓

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this cutie is brought to you by the Kernel API Manual, filed under ./drivers/ata, dated October 2026 — mwah, go handle some errors responsibly, ily 🎀🦋💜

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