pmcraid_timeout_handler(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 pmcraid_timeout_handler(9) — or, the Kernel API Manual entry where the timer goes off and everybody panics 🫶

okay bestie, so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's giving "the smoke alarm of the SCSI subsystem" energy. No cap, that's literally the whole vibe. 🚨✨

✨ NAME ✨

pmcraid_timeout_handler — the timeout handler for internally generated ops 🕰️💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void pmcraid_timeout_handler (struct timer_list *t );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • t — pointer to the command structure that got timed out 😭 that's the one, that's the culprit, that's the thing that took too long and is now everyone's problem

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea ☕ — this function blocks host requests and initiates an adapter reset. That's it, that's the whole personality. Something internally generated went past its deadline, the timer fires, and this bad boy steps in and hits the big red reset button.

The way it just… shuts down the host requests and then resets the adapter? iconic. main character energy fr fr 👑

Return value: None 🙅‍♀️ she does not return a value, she returns chaos (affectionate)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this is the part where the manpage just lists, like, everyone at the party 💅 here's the full guest list, no gatekeeping:

The kernel file itself:

  • ./drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c 🗂️

And the entire extended friend group:

like I said. everyone. the whole function family reunion 🫂🌈

ngl bestie, if you're reading this because a timeout actually fired in prod, go look at pmcraid_initiate_reset(9) and friends — the reset is happening whether you're ready or not 💀🌸

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 it ships from ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, and honestly? a whole era. go forth and reset responsibly, bestie 🦋✨🎀

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