nvme_mi_admin_admin_passthru(2)

nvme_mi_admin_admin_passthru(9) libnvme API manual nvme_mi_admin_admin_passthru(9)

NAME

nvme_mi_admin_admin_passthru - Submit an nvme admin passthrough command

SYNOPSIS

int nvme_mi_admin_admin_passthru (nvme_mi_ctrl_t ctrl , __u8 opcode , __u8 flags , __u16 rsvd , __u32 nsid , __u32 cdw2 , __u32 cdw3 , __u32 cdw10 , __u32 cdw11 , __u32 cdw12 , __u32 cdw13 , __u32 cdw14 , __u32 cdw15 , __u32 data_len , void *data , __u32 metadata_len , void *metadata , __u32 timeout_ms , __u32 *result );

ARGUMENTS

ctrl
Controller to send command to
opcode
The nvme admin command to send
flags
NVMe command flags (not used)
rsvd
Reserved for future use
nsid
Namespace identifier
cdw2
Command dword 2
cdw3
Command dword 3
cdw10
Command dword 10
cdw11
Command dword 11
cdw12
Command dword 12
cdw13
Command dword 13
cdw14
Command dword 14
cdw15
Command dword 15
data_len
Length of the data transferred in this command in bytes
data
Pointer to user address of the data buffer
metadata_len
Length of metadata transferred in this command(not used)
metadata
Pointer to user address of the metadata buffer(not used)
timeout_ms
How long to wait for the command to complete
result
Optional field to return the result from the CQE dword 0

DESCRIPTION

Send a customized NVMe Admin command request message and get the corresponding response message.

This interface supports no data, host to controller and controller to host but it doesn't support bidirectional data transfer. Also this interface only supports data transfer size range [0, 4096] (bytes) so the & data_len parameter must be less than 4097.

RETURN

The nvme command status if a response was received (see enum nvme_status_field) or -1 with errno set otherwise.

nvme_mi_admin_admin_passthru October 2025