resid_cnt_show(9)

✨ resid_cnt_show(9) ✨

okay so we're deep in the Kernel API Manual today bestie, and this one is called resid_cnt_show — say that three times fast, I dare you 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

resid_cnt_show — a literal count of the number of times we get a residual count, and honestly? it's giving detective work 🔍 because this should indicate someone is out there issuing reads larger than the block size on tape. like, ma'am, the block size is right there 😭

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

ssize_t resid_cnt_show (struct device *dev , struct device_attribute *attr , char *buf );

like yes, that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — a struct device 🫶 that's it, that's the whole description, keep it moving
• attr — the attribute structure 💖 our lil metadata bestie
• buf — the buffer where the formatted data goes to live its best life 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/st.c — scsi_tape_release(9)
• position_lost_in_reset_show(9)
• read_cnt_show(9)
• read_byte_cnt_show(9)
• read_ns_show(9)
• write_cnt_show(9)
• write_byte_cnt_show(9)
• write_ns_show(9)
• in_flight_show(9)
• io_ns_show(9)
• other_cnt_show(9)

like the whole show-family reunion tour 👑✨ go read them all, iykyk

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💀 quick vibe check: this page is short because the original is short, not because i skipped anything. every single one of these refs is above, fr fr 🫶

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so yeah, that's the whole page 🧚 from ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, this has been your girl signing off — stay iconic, count your residuals, and don't be the one issuing reads bigger than the block size 💖🎀⭐