ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(9)

💅 ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(9) — the Kernel API Manual page, bestie edition

okay so bestie, we're in the Linux kernel API manual today (ufshcd_try_to_abort_task(9), kernel API section, yes it's a whole thing 🎀) and this little function is the one whose entire personality is "imma cancel that". Let me walk you through it, no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

ufshcd_try_to_abort_task — literally just abort a specific task. one job. she does it. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ufshcd_try_to_abort_task (struct ufs_hba *hba , int tag );

yes that's the signature, keep it exactly like that, don't get creative, she's taken 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hba — pointer to the adapter instance. the whole adapter. the main character, honestly 👑
• tag — the tag of the task you want to be aborted. so you gotta know which one. iykyk 🏷️

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the vibe: this thing aborts the pending command in the device by sending the UFS_ABORT_TASK task management command, and it also does the host-controller side by clearing the door-bell register. two fronts, one function, very efficient of her ⭐

BUT. and this is the important part, don't skip it 🙈 — there can be a race between the controller sending the command to the device while the abort is being issued. like they're both moving at the same time and that's messy. so to avoid that whole situation, it first issues UFS_QUERY_TASK to check if the command is really issued, and then tries to abort it. check first, abort after. that's the whole strategy. slay 🌈

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• zero on success 🎉
• non-zero on failure 😭

that's it, that's the whole return contract. classic.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

Kernel file ./drivers/ufs/core/ufshcd.c — and honestly the friend group here is huge, so buckle up buttercup, here's the entire squad:

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_string_desc(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_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)

okay that's the whole roster, i'm not leaving a single one out, they're all icons 💜

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💀 reminder bestie: the race is real and that's exactly why the UFS_QUERY_TASK check comes before the abort. don't reorder it in your head, she does it in that order for a reason.

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and that's the page! brought to you from ./drivers/ufs/core, dated October 2026, same as always — mwah, study hard, drink water, and may your tasks always abort on the first try 🌸🫶💖