pci_reset_pri(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pci_reset_pri — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to pci_reset_pri (that's the manual page name, iykyk — section 9, kernel API territory 👑). she's a tiny function with one job and she does it, periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

pci_reset_pri — resets the device's PRI state 🌀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int pci_reset_pri (struct pci_dev *pdev );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. one function, one arg, returns an int 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pdev — the PCI device structure 🖥️ literally the device you're resetting the PRI state on, no cap

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea 🍵 — the PRI capability must be disabled before this function is called. like, fr fr, that's a hard requirement, not a suggestion. do not skip that step bestie, she will not be happy 🙈

Returns 0 on success ✨ and a negative value on error 💀 that's it, that's the whole contract.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/pci/ats.c — go say hi to her 🫶 and while you're in the neighborhood, here's the whole friendship group:

like, that's the entire group chat and every single one of them is iconic in her own way 💜

💡 friendly reminder from your girl: disable the PRI capability first. that's genuinely the one thing to remember here. no PRI-enabled chaos on my watch 🚫

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 this one came from ./drivers/pci, dated October 2026, and she will forever be known as pci_reset_pri(9) 🌈⭐ go forth and reset those PRI states responsibly, bestie 🧚💖

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