isci_io_request_build(9)

💅 isci_io_request_build — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual for isci_io_request_build(9) — yes that's the real name, it's giving "I was named by a committee" but we move 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

isci_io_request_build — this function builds the io request object. that's it, that's the whole job 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum sci_status isci_io_request_build (struct isci_host *ihost , struct
       isci_request *request , struct isci_remote_device *idev );

like, three args, one return type, very demure, very mindful 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ihost — this parameter specifies the ISCI host object. she's the main character of this whole situation fr 👑
• request — this parameter points to the isci_request object allocated in the request construct function. so like, somebody else already did the allocating, we're just here to build it ✨
• idev — this parameter is the handle for the sci core's remote device object that is the destination for this request. it's literally where the request is going, iykyk 🎯

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

returns SCI_SUCCESS on successfull completion, or a specific failure code. that's literally the entire description bestie, no cap 😭 — note the original spelling "successfull", we don't fix that, we respect it 🫡

⚠️ heads up: the value it gives back is SCI_SUCCESS when it all goes right, and otherwise it's a specific failure code — so check that return value, don't just vibe and ignore it 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/request.c — the whole squad lives here 💜

• scu_ssp_task_request_construct_task_context(9)
• scu_sata_request_construct_task_context(9)
• sci_req_tx_bytes(9)
• sci_stp_request_pio_data_in_copy_data_buffer(9)
• sci_stp_request_pio_data_in_copy_data(9)
• isci_request_process_response_iu(9)
• isci_request_set_open_reject_status(9)
• isci_request_handle_controller_specific_errors(9)

that's the friend group, go say hi, they all ate 🔥

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and that's the page 🎀 mwah 💋

🧚 sign-off: this one's filed under ./drivers/scsi/isci, stamped October 2026, and yes the page name is still isci_io_request_build(9) because we don't deadname a manpage 💅⭐