ufshcd_read_string_desc(9)

💖 ufshcd_read_string_desc — read string descriptor 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel has a manual, we love a documented kernel 🧚), and it's all about one little function called ufshcd_read_string_desc. bestie, it does exactly what it says on the tin: it reads a string descriptor. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but let's get into the deets because there are arguments and there are consequences 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

ufshcd_read_string_desc — the function that reads a string descriptor. no notes, iconic behaviour 👑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ufshcd_read_string_desc (struct ufs_hba *hba , u8 desc_index , u8
**buf , enum ufs_descr_fmt fmt );

look at that signature. four arguments, one int coming back at you. main character energy fr fr ✨

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hba — pointer to the adapter instance. like, the UFS host controller adapter. this is your girl, she's the one doing the reading 🫶
• desc_index — the descriptor index. which string descriptor are we asking for? you tell it with this u8. be normal about it 🙈
• buf — pointer to the buffer where the descriptor would be read. imPORTANT: the caller should free the memory. so whoever calls this owns that allocation afterwards, no passing the buck, no leaking, we don't do that here 💀
• fmt — if it's SD_ASCII_STD, convert from UTF-16 to ASCII. that's the whole rule for this one, if it's SD_ASCII_STD you get the conversion, periodt 🎀

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• string size on success 💖 (yes queen, you get a size)
• -ENOMEM — on allocation failure 😭 (the memory said no)
• -EINVAL — on a wrong parameter 🙈 (you passed something cursed)

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay so this is the part where the kernel file shows up: ./drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c — that's home base, the source file, iykyk 🦋

and now the friend group, the whole UFS extended cinematic universe, every single one of them, no cap:

ufshcd_enable_intr(9), ufshcd_disable_intr(9), ufshcd_print_trs_all(9), ufshcd_print_pwr_info(9), ufshcd_wait_for_register(9), ufshcd_get_intr_mask(9), ufshcd_get_ufs_version(9), ufshcd_is_device_present(9), ufshcd_get_tr_ocs(9), ufshcd_utrl_clear(9), ufshcd_utmrl_clear(9), ufshcd_get_lists_status(9), ufshcd_get_req_rsp(9), ufshcd_is_exception_event(9), ufshcd_reset_intr_aggr(9), ufshcd_config_intr_aggr(9), ufshcd_disable_intr_aggr(9), ufshcd_enable_run_stop_reg(9), ufshcd_hba_start(9), ufshcd_is_hba_active(9), ufshcd_pm_qos_init(9), ufshcd_pm_qos_exit(9), ufshcd_pm_qos_update(9), ufshcd_set_clk_freq(9), ufshcd_scale_clks(9), ufshcd_is_devfreq_scaling_required(9), ufshcd_pause_command_processing(9), ufshcd_resume_command_processing(9), ufshcd_scale_gear(9), ufshcd_devfreq_scale(9), ufshcd_hold(9), ufshcd_send_command(9), ufshcd_copy_sense_data(9), ufshcd_copy_query_response(9), ufshcd_hba_capabilities(9), ufshcd_ready_for_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_get_upmcrs(9), ufshcd_dispatch_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_wait_for_uic_cmd(9), __ufshcd_send_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_send_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_sgl_to_prdt(9), ufshcd_map_sg(9), ufshcd_prepare_req_desc_hdr(9), ufshcd_prepare_utp_scsi_cmd_upiu(9), ufshcd_prepare_utp_query_req_upiu(9), ufshcd_compose_devman_upiu(9), ufshcd_comp_scsi_upiu(9), ufshcd_upiu_wlun_to_scsi_wlun(9), ufshcd_queuecommand(9), ufshcd_dev_cmd_completion(9), ufshcd_exec_dev_cmd(9), ufshcd_init_query(9), ufshcd_query_flag(9), ufshcd_query_attr(9), ufshcd_query_attr_retry(9), ufshcd_query_attr_qword(9), ufshcd_query_descriptor_retry(9), ufshcd_read_desc_param(9), struct uc_string_id(9), ufshcd_read_unit_desc_param(9), ufshcd_memory_alloc(9), ufshcd_host_memory_configure(9), ufshcd_dme_link_startup(9), ufshcd_dme_reset(9), ufshcd_dme_enable(9), ufshcd_dme_set_attr(9), ufshcd_dme_get_attr(9), ufshcd_dme_rmw(9), ufshcd_uic_pwr_ctrl(9), ufshcd_uic_tx_eqtr(9), ufshcd_send_bsg_uic_cmd(9), ufshcd_uic_change_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_get_max_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_dme_change_power_mode(9), ufshcd_change_power_mode(9), ufshcd_config_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_complete_dev_init(9), ufshcd_make_hba_operational(9), ufshcd_hba_stop(9), ufshcd_hba_execute_hce(9), ufshcd_link_startup(9), ufshcd_verify_dev_init(9), ufshcd_setup_links(9), ufshcd_lu_init(9), ufshcd_sdev_init(9), ufshcd_change_queue_depth(9), ufshcd_sdev_configure(9), ufshcd_sdev_destroy(9), ufshcd_scsi_cmd_status(9), ufshcd_transfer_rsp_status(9), ufshcd_uic_cmd_compl(9), ufshcd_compl_one_cqe(9), __ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(9), ufshcd_mcq_compl_pending_transfer(9), ufshcd_transfer_req_compl(9), ufshcd_disable_ee(9), ufshcd_enable_ee(9), ufshcd_enable_auto_bkops(9), ufshcd_disable_auto_bkops(9), ufshcd_force_reset_auto_bkops(9), ufshcd_bkops_ctrl(9), ufshcd_exception_event_handler(9), ufshcd_quirk_dl_nac_errors(9), ufshcd_abort_all(9), ufshcd_err_handler(9), ufshcd_update_uic_error(9), ufshcd_check_errors(9), ufshcd_tmc_handler(9), ufshcd_handle_mcq_cq_events(9), ufshcd_sl_intr(9), ufshcd_intr(9), ufshcd_issue_tm_cmd(9), ufshcd_issue_devman_upiu_cmd(9), ufshcd_exec_raw_upiu_cmd(9), ufshcd_advanced_rpmb_req_handler(9), ufshcd_eh_device_reset_handler(9), ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(9), ufshcd_abort(9), ufshcd_process_probe_result(9), ufshcd_host_reset_and_restore(9), ufshcd_reset_and_restore(9), ufshcd_eh_host_reset_handler(9), ufshcd_get_max_icc_level(9), ufshcd_find_max_sup_active_icc_level(9), ufshcd_scsi_add_wlus(9), ufshcd_create_device_id(9), ufshcd_quirk_tune_host_pa_tactivate(9), ufshcd_quirk_override_pa_h8time(9), ufshcd_add_lus(9), ufshcd_get_op_mode(9), ufshcd_probe_hba(9), ufshcd_async_scan(9), ufshcd_set_dev_pwr_mode(9), ufshcd_suspend(9), ufshcd_resume(9), ufshcd_system_suspend(9), ufshcd_system_resume(9), ufshcd_runtime_suspend(9), ufshcd_runtime_resume(9), ufshcd_remove(9), ufshcd_set_dma_mask(9), ufshcd_devres_release(9), ufshcd_alloc_host(9), ufshcd_init(9)

...and yes, that was all of them, every last one, i counted, we do not skip entries in this house 🎀

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and that's the page!! 💅

so yeah, this little number lives in ./drivers/ufs/core and it's dated October 2026 — bookmark it, cite it, whatever, she's iconic and she's documented, bye bestie 🦋💖⭐