sas_rphy_unlink(9)

💅 sas_rphy_unlink — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to sas_rphy_unlink(9) — literally the manual page for unlinking a SAS remote PHY. yes we're in that part of the kernel. stay with me, it's actually cute. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

sas_rphy_unlink — unlink SAS remote PHY. that's the whole vibe. that's the whole function. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void sas_rphy_unlink (struct sas_rphy *rphy );

returns nothing (void), takes exactly one thing, no notes. iconic behavior honestly.

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• rphy — the SAS remote phy we're unlinkin' from its parent port. this is the main character of the whole operation, no cap.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what does it actually do? it removes the port's reference to an rphy. that's it. that's the tea. ☕

like, the port was holding onto this rphy and now it's letting go. we love a clean release. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

you want the whole friend group? here's the whole friend group. all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_sas.c:

• sas_remove_children(9)
• sas_remove_host(9)
• sas_get_address(9)
• sas_tlr_supported(9)
• sas_disable_tlr(9)
• sas_enable_tlr(9)
• sas_ata_ncq_prio_supported(9)
• sas_phy_alloc(9)
• sas_phy_add(9)
• sas_phy_free(9)
• sas_phy_delete(9)
• scsi_is_sas_phy(9)
• sas_port_alloc(9)
• sas_port_alloc_num(9)
• sas_port_add(9)
• sas_port_free(9)
• sas_port_delete(9)
• scsi_is_sas_port(9)
• sas_port_get_phy(9)
• sas_port_add_phy(9)
• sas_port_delete_phy(9)
• sas_rphy_initialize(9)
• sas_end_device_alloc(9)
• sas_expander_alloc(9)
• sas_rphy_add(9)
• sas_rphy_free(9)
• sas_rphy_delete(9)
• sas_rphy_remove(9)
• scsi_is_sas_rphy(9)
• sas_attach_transport(9)
• sas_release_transport(9)

go read them all, i'll wait. 💅

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🫶 and that's the page!! brought to you by the ./drivers/scsi gang, dated October 2026 — mwah, she's been sitting there the whole time waiting for you to need her. 💖✨