target_init_cmd(9)

💫 target_init_cmd(9) — like, the glow-up era of se_cmd 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — yes we're in the kernel functions section, we're fancy now 🎀. This is the page for target_init_cmd, and honestly? It's giving "set up the command descriptor before anything else happens." Main character energy for sure ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

target_init_cmd — initialize se_cmd 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int target_init_cmd (struct se_cmd *se_cmd , struct se_session *se_sess
, unsigned char *sense , u64 unpacked_lun , u32 data_length , int
task_attr , int data_dir , int flags );

Like, that's a lot of arguments babe, but every single one of them is doing its job, no cap. 🫶

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• se_cmd — the command descriptor you're init-ing. She's the one getting set up 🎀
• se_sess — the associated se_sess for the endpoint.
• sense — pointer to the SCSI sense buffer.
• unpacked_lun — the unpacked LUN to reference for struct se_lun.
• data_length — the fabric expected data transfer length.
• task_attr — the SAM task attribute.
• data_dir — the DMA data direction.
• flags — flags for command submission, from target_sc_flags_tables.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Task tags are supported if the caller has set se_cmd->tag. iykyk 😌

Now this next bit is important, so listen up bestie 👑 — if the fabric driver calls target_stop_session, then it must check the return code and handle failures. Like, actually handle them, not just vibe past them 🙈. This will never fail for other drivers, and for those the return code can just be ignored. Casual. 💅

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• less than zero → signals an active I/O shutdown failure 😭
• zero → success, we ate, periodt ⭐

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/target/target_core_transport.c

transport_init_session(9), transport_alloc_session(9), transport_alloc_session_tags(9), transport_init_session_tags(9), target_cmd_size_check(9), target_submit_prep(9), target_submit_cmd(9), target_queue_submission(9), target_submit(9), target_submit_tmr(9), target_get_sess_cmd(9), target_put_sess_cmd(9), target_stop_cmd_counter(9), target_stop_session(9), target_wait_for_cmds(9), target_wait_for_sess_cmds(9), transport_wait_for_tasks(9), translate_sense_reason(9), target_send_busy(9)

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ok that's the whole page bestie, go forth and init those commands 💖

🌷 that's a wrap! brought to you by the source tree at /drivers/target 💖, dated October 2026, slaying in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — mwah, ily, bye 🫶✨🌸