ipr_show_adapter_state(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ipr_show_adapter_state(9) — like, the adapter's whole vibe, in text form

Okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes, that's the manual name, and yes, we're in the 9 section, which is the "kernel internals" corner of the library. This page is about one little show function that spills the adapter's state into a buffer. Cute, small, does exactly one thing. We love a focused icon. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ssize_t ipr_show_adapter_state (struct device *dev , struct
device_attribute *attr , char *buf );

That's it. That's the whole signature. ssize_t return, three args, no drama. 🦋

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • dev — the device struct. The main character of this function call, honestly. It's the device we're talking about.
  • attr — the device attribute. And here's the thing: it's unused. Not read, not touched, not acknowledged. It is in the room but it is not in the conversation. 💀 Lowkey just there because the sysfs show-callback shape demands it.
  • buf — the buffer. The place where the text goes. The canvas. The moment. 🎨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does it do, you ask? It shows the adapter's state.

Return value: the number of bytes printed to the buffer. That's the number you get back — how many bytes landed in buf. No cap, that's genuinely the whole contract. 💅

Heads up bestie: the manpage is a whole three lines of description here, so please don't go reading extra behaviour into it. What's written is what's true — it shows the adapter's state, and it returns the number of bytes printed to the buffer. Periodt. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/ipr.c

Bestie. Sit down. The cross-reference list on this page is enormous and I refuse to leave a single one out, because every single one is a real function and the page says so. Here's the entire squad, in order 🏆:

✨ k bye bestie, go read a buffer or something ✨

This page lives in ./drivers/scsi, and it's dated October 2026 — so like, future-core of the manual set. Stay slay, stay compiled. 💜🎀🦋

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