STRUCT MPT3_DIAG_UNREGISTER(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ’… struct mpt3_diag_unregister(9) πŸ’…

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual β€” this one's a struct page, and honestly? it's a whole mood. it's short, it's sweet, and it's the "ok we're DONE here" of the diagnostic-message lifecycle. πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

struct mpt3_diag_unregister β€” application unregister with driver πŸ’«

and yeah, the manpage spells out what the fields mean right in the NAME line, so let's give them their moment:

  • @hdr β€” the generic header 🫢
  • @unique_id β€” the tag that uniquely identifies the buffer to be unregistered πŸ”

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mpt3_diag_unregister {
    struct mpt3_ioctl_header hdr;
    uint32_t unique_id;
 };

literally just two members, no cap. hdr is a struct mpt3_ioctl_header sitting up top (the generic header, as established), and unique_id is a uint32_t doing the tagging. that's it. that's the struct. πŸ’…


πŸ¦‹ Members πŸ¦‹

(this section is empty in the original, bestie β€” no member-by-member commentary to relay here, so we're not gonna make any up. lowkey iconic of it to say nothing. πŸ«₯)


πŸ’– Description πŸ’–

so what does this actually do? it's the cleanup song. 🎡

this will allow the driver to cleanup any memory allocated for diag messages and to free up any resources. that's the whole job β€” you unregister, the driver tidies up after itself and gives the memory back. no leaks, no leftovers, main character energy only. πŸ‘‘

ngl, "free up any resources" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting in that sentence, but we're relaying, not inventing β€” that's exactly what the page says. πŸ™ˆ

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole mpt3sas struct family reunion, plus the kernel file it all lives in:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.h πŸ“
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_header(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_diag_reset(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_pci_info(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_iocinfo(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_eventquery(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_eventenable(9)
  • struct MPT3_IOCTL_EVENTS(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_eventreport(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_command(9)
  • struct mpt3_ioctl_btdh_mapping(9)
  • struct mpt3_diag_register(9)
  • struct mpt3_diag_query(9)
  • struct mpt3_diag_release(9)
  • struct mpt3_diag_read_buffer(9)
  • struct mpt3_addnl_diag_query(9)
  • struct mpt3_enable_diag_sbr_reload(9)
  • struct mpt3_passthru_command(9)

like, talk about a group chat. every single one of these is invited to the read. iykyk. 🧚


and that's the whole page, bestie!! πŸŽ€ slay πŸŽ€

this little gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/mpt3sas, it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under struct mpt3_diag_unregister(9) β€” go forth and unregister responsibly. πŸ’œπŸ¦‹βœ¨

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