sci_sas_address_compare(9)

💅 sci_sas_address_compare(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to sci_sas_address_compare, a little function from the Kernel API Manual and honestly it's giving "tiny but mighty" 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

s32 sci_sas_address_compare (struct sci_sas_address address_one , struct sci_sas_address address_two );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• address_one — a struct sci_sas_address that's a SAS Address to be compared. one of the two contestants, if you will 💅
• address_two — another struct sci_sas_address that's also a SAS Address to be compared. the other one, obviously 🦋

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what does it do? it compares the two SAS Addresses, periodt. and then it reports back with a signed value — no cap, that's literally the whole vibe 👑

here's the breakdown, bestie:

• if SAS Address One > SAS Address Two, you get back > 0 🔥
• else if SAS Address One < SAS Address Two, you get back < 0 🌸
• otherwise (they're the same!), you get back 0 🎀

and the full signed-value tea, spelled out for you: x > 0 > y where x is returned for Address One > Address Two, y is returned for Address One < Address Two, and 0 is returned for Address One = Address Two 💖

ngl, the original description has a lil typo — "ofr" — but we're keeping the facts exactly as they are, so just know it means "for" 😭

it's giving classic comparator energy: sort-friendly, sign-based, iconic 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/isci/port_config.c — go look, iykyk 🧚
• sci_port_configuration_agent_find_port(9)
• sci_port_configuration_agent_validate_ports(9)
• sci_mpc_agent_link_down(9)
• sci_apc_agent_link_up(9)
• sci_apc_agent_link_down(9)

like, the whole friend group fr fr 🫶

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and that's the page, bestie! 🌟 this absolute gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/isci, dated October 2026 — slay, see you in the next man 9 session 💜💅