atapi_drain_needed (9) - Linux Manuals

atapi_drain_needed: Check whether data transfer may overflow

Command to display atapi_drain_needed manual in Linux: $ man 9 atapi_drain_needed

NAME

atapi_drain_needed - Check whether data transfer may overflow

SYNOPSIS

int atapi_drain_needed(struct request * rq);

ARGUMENTS

: request to be checked

DESCRIPTION

ATAPI commands which transfer variable length data to host might overflow due to application error or hardware bug. This function checks whether overflow should be drained and ignored for request.

LOCKING: None.

RETURN

1 if ; otherwise, 0.

AUTHOR

Jeff Garzik

: Author.