ibmvscsis_mad(9)

💖 ibmvscsis_mad(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the ibmvscsis_mad(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this is your group-chat recap, and it’s literally all about servicing a MAnagement Data gram. slay. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ibmvscsis_mad — Service a MAnagement Data gram. periodt.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

long ibmvscsis_mad (struct scsi_info *vscsi , struct viosrp_crq *crq );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

okay so there are two pointers you’re handing over, and they’re both main-character energy:

• vscsi — Pointer to our adapter structure.
• crq — Pointer to the CRQ entry containing the MAD request.

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

The description is literally one execution-environment note, and it’s giving very important:

EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT: Interrupt, called with adapter lock held

That’s the whole tea. No extra lore, no cap. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, the SEE ALSO section is huge and iconic. First, the kernel file:

• Kernel file — ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi_tgt/ibmvscsi_tgt.c

Then all these function besties, in their full (9) glory:

• connection_broken(9)
• ibmvscsis_unregister_command_q(9)
• ibmvscsis_delete_client_info(9)
• ibmvscsis_free_command_q(9)
• ibmvscsis_cmd_q_dequeue(9)
• ibmvscsis_send_init_message(9)
• ibmvscsis_check_init_msg(9)
• ibmvscsis_disconnect(9)
• ibmvscsis_post_disconnect(9)
• ibmvscsis_handle_init_compl_msg(9)
• ibmvscsis_handle_init_msg(9)
• ibmvscsis_init_msg(9)
• ibmvscsis_establish_new_q(9)
• ibmvscsis_reset_queue(9)
• ibmvscsis_free_cmd_resources(9)
• ibmvscsis_ready_for_suspend(9)
• ibmvscsis_trans_event(9)
• ibmvscsis_poll_cmd_q(9)
• ibmvscsis_free_cmd_qs(9)
• ibmvscsis_get_free_cmd(9)
• ibmvscsis_adapter_idle(9)
• ibmvscsis_copy_crq_packet(9)
• ibmvscsis_adapter_info(9)
• ibmvscsis_cap_mad(9)
• ibmvscsis_process_mad(9)
• srp_snd_msg_failed(9)
• ibmvscsis_send_messages(9)
• ibmvscsis_login_rsp(9)
• ibmvscsis_srp_login_rej(9)
• ibmvscsis_srp_login(9)
• ibmvscsis_srp_i_logout(9)
• ibmvscsis_ping_response(9)
• ibmvscsis_parse_command(9)
• ibmvscsis_parse_cmd(9)
• ibmvscsis_parse_task(9)
• ibmvscsis_service_wait_q(9)
• ibmvscsis_enable_change_state(9)
• ibmvscsis_create_command_q(9)
• ibmvscsis_destroy_command_q(9)
• srp_build_response(9)
• ibmvscsis_handle_crq(9)

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💖 cute sign-off bestie: source/version ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi_tgt · date October 2026 · page ibmvscsis_mad(9) 💖