sd_unlock_native_capacity(9)

💅 sd_unlock_native_capacity(9) — Kernel API Manual bestie edition ✨

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual entry for sd_unlock_native_capacity(9), and we are keeping every single deet, no cap 🫶

💖 NAME 💖

sd_unlock_native_capacity — unlock native capacity

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void sd_unlock_native_capacity (struct gendisk *disk );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• disk — the struct gendisk to set capacity for 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so picture this: the block layer calls this function if it detects that partitions on disk reach beyond the end of the device. 👀

And if the SCSI host implements the ->unlock_native_capacity method, it’s invoked to give it a chance to adjust the device capacity. slay for giving it a shot 💅

👑 CONTEXT 👑

Defined by block layer. Might sleep. 😴

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/sd.c, plus these absolutely iconic references:

• sd_group_number(9)
• sd_open(9)
• sd_release(9)
• sd_ioctl(9)
• sd_check_events(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_format_disk_name(9)
• sd_probe(9)
• sd_remove(9)
• init_sd(9)
• exit_sd(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./drivers/scsi; date: October 2026. bye bestie 🫶