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scsi_get_command(9) [centos man page]

SCSI_GET_COMMAND(9)						  SCSI mid layer					       SCSI_GET_COMMAND(9)

NAME

       scsi_get_command - Allocate and setup a scsi command block

SYNOPSIS

       struct scsi_cmnd * scsi_get_command(struct scsi_device * dev, gfp_t gfp_mask);

ARGUMENTS

       dev
	   parent scsi device

       gfp_mask
	   allocator flags

RETURNS

       The allocated scsi command structure.

AUTHORS

       James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com>
	   Author.

       Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
	   Author.

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Kernel Hackers Manual 3.10					     June 2014						       SCSI_GET_COMMAND(9)

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tapset::scsi(3stap)													       tapset::scsi(3stap)

NAME

       tapset::scsi - systemtap scsi tapset

DESCRIPTION

	This family of probe points is used to probe SCSI activities.

       scsi.ioentry
	      Prepares a SCSI mid-layer request

	       See probe::scsi.ioentry(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.iodispatching
	      SCSI mid-layer dispatched low-level SCSI command

	       See probe::scsi.iodispatching(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.iodone
	      SCSI command completed by low level driver and enqueued into the done queue.

	       See probe::scsi.iodone(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.iocompleted
	      SCSI mid-layer running the completion processing for block device I/O requests

	       See probe::scsi.iocompleted(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.ioexecute
	      Create mid-layer SCSI request and wait for the result

	       See probe::scsi.ioexecute(3stap)
	       for details.

       scsi.set_state
	      Order SCSI device state change

	       See probe::scsi.set_state(3stap)
	       for details.

SEE ALSO

	  probe::scsi.ioentry(3stap),	   probe::scsi.iodispatching(3stap),	  probe::scsi.iodone(3stap),	 probe::scsi.iocompleted(3stap),
       probe::scsi.ioexecute(3stap),  probe::scsi.set_state(3stap),  stap(1), stapprobes(3stap)

IBM
									---						       tapset::scsi(3stap)

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