qla4xxx_copy_sense(9)

💅 qla4xxx_copy_sense 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for qla4xxx_copy_sense — yes that's the manual name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not renaming it 💖 this is a tiny little helper in the qla4xxx SCSI driver family and honestly? it does exactly one job and it does it iconically.

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✨ NAME ✨

qla4xxx_copy_sense — copy sense data into cmd sense buffer 🎀

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. sense data goes in the cmd sense buffer. slay.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void qla4xxx_copy_sense (struct scsi_qla_host *ha , struct status_entry
*sts_entry , struct srb *srb );

returns void, takes three pointers, zero drama. we love a low-maintenance function 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ha — Pointer to host adapter structure. this is the host adapter bestie, the main character of the whole driver situation 👑
• sts_entry — Pointer to status entry structure. the status entry, delivering the news 📬
• srb — Pointer to srb structure. the srb. iconic. no notes. 💅

ngl all three are pointers, so like… treat them with the respect pointers deserve. no cap.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c — this is where the magic actually lives, go read it fr fr
• qla4xxx_status_cont_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_status_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_passthru_status_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_process_response_queue(9)
• qla4_83xx_loopback_in_progress(9)
• qla4xxx_isr_decode_mailbox(9)
• qla4_82xx_interrupt_service_routine(9)
• qla4xxx_interrupt_service_routine(9)
• qla4_82xx_spurious_interrupt(9)
• qla4xxx_intr_handler(9)
• qla4_82xx_intr_handler(9)
• qla4_83xx_intr_handler(9)
• qla4_8xxx_default_intr_handler(9)
• qla4xxx_process_aen(9)

that's the whole friend group right there 😭 interrupt handlers, status entries, mailbox decoding — the entire qla4xxx extended universe, one see-also list, we stan a connected ecosystem 🌈

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okay that's the page!! ty for reading bestie, go forth and copy that sense data ✨💜

this lil masterpiece lives in ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx and was dated October 2026 — so yeah, technically from the future, which is very main character energy of it tbh 🕰️👑