scsi_host_lookup(9)

🦋 scsi_host_lookup 🦋

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for scsi_host_lookup, and bestie it is literally about getting a reference to a Scsi_Host by host no. slay.

💖 NAME 💖

scsi_host_lookup — get a reference to a Scsi_Host by host no.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct Scsi_Host * scsi_host_lookup (unsigned int hostnum );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hostnum — the host number to locate. that's the whole vibe.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return value: a pointer to the located Scsi_Host or NULL. no cap.

The caller must do a scsi_host_put to drop the reference that scsi_host_get took. mandatory bestie, do not skip it.

And the put_device below dropped the reference from class_find_device.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/hosts.c

• scsi_host_set_state(9)
• scsi_remove_host(9)
• scsi_add_host_with_dma(9)
• scsi_host_alloc(9)
• scsi_host_get(9)
• scsi_host_busy(9)
• scsi_host_put(9)
• scsi_queue_work(9)
• scsi_flush_work(9)
• scsi_host_complete_all_commands(9)
• scsi_host_busy_iter(9)

made with 💜 from source ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, and yeah this is the scsi_host_lookup(9) moment. periodt. 🫶