Ata_scsi_qc_new (9) Linux Manual Page

ata_scsi_qc_new – acquire new ata_queued_cmd reference

Synopsis

struct ata_queued_cmd *ata_scsi_qc_new(struct ata_device *dev, struct scsi_cmnd *cmd);

dev

ATA device to which the new command is attached

cmd

SCSI command that originated this ATA command

Obtain a reference to an unused ata_queued_cmd structure, which is the basic libata structure representing a single ATA command sent to the hardware.

If a command was available, fill in the SCSI-specific portions of the structure with information on the current command.

LOCKING: spin_lock_irqsave(host lock)

Command allocated, or NULL if none available.

Jeff Garzik

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