sci_remote_device_destruct(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the sci_remote_device_destruct(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💅. This one is all about free remote node context and destruct — like, the remote device gets its little goodbye moment.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

enum sci_status sci_remote_device_destruct (struct isci_remote_device
       *idev );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• idev — this parameter specifies the remote device to be destructed. that's the one we're saying bye to, no cap.

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Remote device objects are a limited resource. As such, they must be protected. Because of that, calls to construct and destruct are mutually exclusive and non-reentrant — so no chaotic parallel grabbing, bestie. periodt.

The return value shall indicate if the device was successfully destructed or if some failure occurred. The return-value situation is giving:

• enum sci_status — this value is returned if the device is successfully destructed. (the original page says enum sci_status right there, so we're keeping it exactly, iykyk)
• SCI_FAILURE_INVALID_REMOTE_DEVICE — this value is returned if the supplied device isn't valid (e.g. it's already been destoryed, the handle isn't valid, etc.). yes, "destoryed" is the original spelling — the vibe is "already destroyed," but the letters are staying exactly as they are 😭

Lowkey important: construct and destruct are mutually exclusive and non-reentrant, so don't try to do the most and call them all willy-nilly. that's the whole warning, bestie.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/remote_device.c
• isci_remote_device_ready(9)
• isci_remote_device_not_ready(9)
• isci_remote_device_deconstruct(9)
• sci_remote_device_construct(9)
• sci_remote_device_start(9)
• isci_remote_device_alloc(9)
• isci_remote_device_stop(9)
• isci_remote_device_gone(9)
• isci_remote_device_found(9)

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💖 that's the whole page, bestie — source/version: ./drivers/scsi/isci, date: October 2026. may your remote devices destruct cleanly and your handles stay valid. stay slay 🎀