iscsi_host_alloc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 iscsi_host_alloc(9)

okay so bestie, you're in the Kernel API Manual and today's main character is iscsi_host_alloc — the function that literally hands you a host and the driver data to go with it. two for one, slay ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

iscsi_host_alloc — allocate a host and driver data 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct Scsi_Host * iscsi_host_alloc (const struct scsi_host_template
*sht , int dd_data_size , bool xmit_can_sleep );

like, that's the whole vibe. returns you a struct Scsi_Host *, takes three arguments, periodt 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • sht — the scsi host template, your blueprint basically 👑
  • dd_data_size — how big the driver host data is, size matters bestie
  • xmit_can_sleep — a bool saying whether the LLD is gonna queue IO from a work queue 😴

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea: this is what partial offload drivers and software iscsi drivers should be calling. no cap, that's the audience 💖

and when you wanna get at that driver-specific memory? you use the iscsi_host_priv macro. that's the key to the private stash, iykyk 🔑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/libiscsi.c and honestly the whole friend group:

like, go read them, they're all iconic in their own way ⭐

💜 SIGN-OFF 💜

that's a wrap bestie!! this one lives in ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026 — go be great with your host allocation, mwah 🎀🧚💖

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