sd_check_events(9)

💅 sd_check_events(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sd_check_events — it’s giving block-layer media-event check energy, and we’re gonna read it together. 🦋✨

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✨ NAME ✨

sd_check_events — check media events 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

the call is literally:

unsigned int sd_check_events (struct gendisk *disk , unsigned int
       clearing );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

two little cuties come in:

• disk — kernel device descriptor 🫶
• clearing — disk events currently being cleared 🧚

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Returns mask of DISK_EVENT_*. that’s the whole entire point, no cap 💅

💀 NOTE 💀

🫶 heads up bestie: this function is invoked from the block subsystem.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/sd.c and the whole friend group:

• sd_group_number(9)
• sd_open(9)
• sd_release(9)
• sd_ioctl(9)
• sd_eh_reset(9)
• sd_eh_action(9)
• sd_done(9)
• sd_read_block_provisioning(9)
• sd_read_cpr(9)
• sd_revalidate_disk(9)
• sd_unlock_native_capacity(9)
• sd_format_disk_name(9)
• sd_probe(9)
• sd_remove(9)
• init_sd(9)
• exit_sd(9)

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okay that’s the page, bestie — every detail is here, periodt. xoxo 💖 source/version: ./drivers/scsi · date: October 2026 · page: sd_check_events(9) 🎀