scsi_ioctl_reset(9)

💅 scsi_ioctl_reset 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for scsi_ioctl_reset(9) — yes, that whole manual-name situation is folded in right here, cute and legal. This function’s entire main-character job is to explicitly reset a host/bus/target/device. no cap. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

scsi_ioctl_reset — explicitly reset a host/bus/target/device. that’s the vibe. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is literally giving:

int scsi_ioctl_reset (struct scsi_device *dev , int __user *arg );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• dev — the scsi_device to operate on. that’s your little guy for this call. 🫶
• arg — reset type (see sg.h). yes, exactly that. 🍓

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c — that’s the spot, bestie. 👑

and the related function pages, in order, no skips:

• scsi_schedule_eh(9)
• scmd_eh_abort_handler(9)
• scsi_abort_command(9)
• scsi_eh_reset(9)
• scsi_eh_scmd_add(9)
• scsi_timeout(9)
• scsi_block_when_processing_errors(9)
• scsi_eh_prt_fail_stats(9)
• scsi_report_sense(9)
• scsi_check_sense(9)
• scsi_eh_completed_normally(9)
• scsi_eh_done(9)
• scsi_try_host_reset(9)
• scsi_try_bus_reset(9)
• scsi_try_target_reset(9)
• scsi_try_bus_device_reset(9)
• scsi_try_to_abort_cmd(9)
• scsi_eh_prep_cmnd(9)
• scsi_eh_restore_cmnd(9)
• scsi_send_eh_cmnd(9)
• scsi_request_sense(9)
• scsi_eh_finish_cmd(9)
• scsi_eh_get_sense(9)
• scsi_eh_tur(9)
• scsi_eh_test_devices(9)
• scsi_eh_try_stu(9)
• scsi_eh_bus_device_reset(9)
• scsi_eh_target_reset(9)
• scsi_eh_bus_reset(9)
• scsi_eh_host_reset(9)
• scsi_eh_offline_sdevs(9)
• scsi_noretry_cmd(9)
• scsi_decide_disposition(9)
• scsi_eh_lock_door(9)
• scsi_restart_operations(9)
• scsi_eh_ready_devs(9)
• scsi_eh_flush_done_q(9)
• scsi_unjam_host(9)
• scsi_error_handler(9)
• scsi_report_bus_reset(9)
• scsi_report_device_reset(9)
• scsi_get_sense_info_fld(9)

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mwah 💋 this cutie ships from ./drivers/scsi, stamped October 2026, and that’s the footer vibe — bye bestie! 🫶✨