sci_control...node_context(9)

💅 sci_controller_allocate_remote_node_context(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, you're in the Kernel API Manual and this page is all about sci_controller_allocate_remote_node_context — like the full header situation is sci_control...node_context(9) but we're not gonna be weird about it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sci_controller_allocate_remote_node_context — literally what it says on the tin, no cap

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum sci_status sci_controller_allocate_remote_node_context (struct
isci_host *ihost , struct isci_remote_device *idev , u16 *node_id );

that's the whole vibe right there 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ihost — this one's the controller object, and it's the one holding the whole set of free remote node ids 💖
• idev — the device object that's out here requesting a remote node id, main character energy fr
• node_id — the remote node id that gets assigned to the device if one is available. conditional queen 🙈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this method allocates a remote node index and reserves the remote node context space for use — both, together, iconic. ✨ But heads up: this method can fail if there are no more remote node index available 😭

and the failure vibe is:

enum sci_status SCI_FAILURE_OUT_OF_RESOURCES

that's what you get if there are no available remote node index available. like, none. zero. the shelf is empty 💀

ngl bestie, SCI_FAILURE_OUT_OF_RESOURCES is your "we ran out" era — clock it and handle it, don't just ignore it 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/host.c and honestly the whole friend group:

• isci_host_start_complete(9)
• sci_controller_get_suggested_start_timeout(9)
• sci_controller_start_next_phy(9)
• isci_host_completion_routine(9)
• sci_controller_stop(9)
• sci_controller_reset(9)
• isci_host_deinit(9)
• sci_controller_set_interrupt_coalescence(9)
• isci_host_init(9)
• sci_controller_complete_io(9)
• sci_controller_start_task(9)

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👑 sign-off 👑

this whole page lives at ./drivers/scsi/isci and it's dated October 2026 — yes, the future, we're ahead of schedule 💅✨ go read the other sci_control...node_context(9) girlies, ily, bye! 🍓🧚💜