sd_zbc_parse_report(9)

💅 sd_zbc_parse_report(9) 💅

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and today’s main character is sd_zbc_parse_report(9) — she parses a SCSI zone descriptor and honestly? iconic. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

sd_zbc_parse_report — parse a SCSI zone descriptor. periodt. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int sd_zbc_parse_report (struct scsi_disk *sdkp , const u8 buf[64] ,
unsigned int idx , struct blk_report_zones_args *args );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• sdkp — SCSI disk pointer. literally the SCSI disk pointer, bestie. 💅
• buf — SCSI zone descriptor. yes, the descriptor itself. 🌸
• idx — index of the zone relative to the first zone reported by the current sd_zbc_report_zones call. iykyk. 🔥
• args — report zones arguments (callback, etc). 🫶

🦋 RETURN 🦋

it gives you back the value returned by cb. that’s the whole vibe. 😭

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically: convert a SCSI zone descriptor into struct blk_zone format. additionally — yes, on top of that — it calls cb(blk_zone, data). 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/sd_zbc.c and its little friend group:

• sd_zbc_do_report_zones(9)
• sd_zbc_alloc_report_buffer(9)
• sd_zbc_zone_sectors(9)
• sd_zbc_report_zones(9)
• sd_zbc_setup_zone_mgmt_cmnd(9)
• sd_zbc_complete(9)
• sd_zbc_check_zoned_characteristics(9)
• sd_zbc_check_capacity(9)
• sd_zbc_read_zones(9)

mwah 💋 the source/version is ./drivers/scsi and the date is October 2026 — that’s the footer tea, and we’re done. 🎀