scsi_eh_get_sense(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 scsi_eh_get_sense(9) 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — it's called scsi_eh_get_sense and it's all about getting device sense data. let's get into it 💅

✨ NAME ✨

scsi_eh_get_sense — get device sense data. that's the whole vibe, no cap 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int scsi_eh_get_sense (struct list_head *work_q , struct list_head *done_q );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • work_q — queue of commands to process. this is the "to-do list" pile 💖
  • done_q — queue of processed commands. the "already handled it, bestie" pile ✨

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what this does is: it checks whether we need to request sense information. and if so? it goes and gets it right now — so we have a better idea of what to do next. lowkey just gathering the info before we make moves 🔥

😭 NOTES 😭

okay so there's an unfortunate side effect here and we have to talk about it: if a shost adapter does not automatically request sense information, we end up shutting it down before we request it. yeah. 💀

all drivers should be requesting sense information internally these days, so for now all I have to say is tough noogies if you end up in here 🙈

XXX: long term this code should go away, but that needs an audit of all LLDDs first. so like, it's on the list, but the list is long, iykyk 🧚

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c — plus literally this entire friend group:

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀✨ this one came from the source ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026 — and the manual is scsi_eh_get_sense(9), which we already knew because it's literally the title 💖 slay, go fix your SCSI errors, ily 🫶

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