transport_alloc_session(9)

💖 transport_alloc_session — kernel API manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, the page is literally called transport_alloc_session(9) and we're about to get into it. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

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✨ NAME ✨

transport_alloc_session — allocates a session object and initializes it. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it makes the thing and then sets it up all pretty. no cap. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct se_session * transport_alloc_session (enum target_prot_op
sup_prot_ops );

like literally that's the whole signature. returns a struct se_session *, takes one arg. gorgeous. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sup_prot_ops — a bitmask that defines which T10-PI modes are supported. yes bestie, it's a bitmask, so it's bit-flipping szn, and yes it's specifically about T10-PI. which modes are supported gets decided right here in this little mask. iconic honestly. ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file this whole situation lives in is:

./drivers/target/target_core_transport.c

and like, the whole friend group of related functions, fr fr — go read these too:

• transport_init_session(9)
• transport_alloc_session_tags(9)
• transport_init_session_tags(9)
• target_cmd_size_check(9)
• target_init_cmd(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)

like that's the whole roster, a whole squad of target-core besties 🫶

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ngl that's the entire page — short, sweet, and technically correct, which is the best combo 💜

okay bye bestie, this sign-off is from ./drivers/target, dated October 2026, and yes the page identity is transport_alloc_session(9) the whole time. slay. 🔥🦋✨