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.\"      Date: July 2017
.\"    Manual: SCSI mid layer
.\"    Source: Kernel Hackers Manual 4.11.6
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.TH "SCSI_ALLOC_TARGET" "9" "July 2017" "Kernel Hackers Manual 4\&.11\&" "SCSI mid layer"
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.SH "NAME"
scsi_alloc_target \- allocate a new or find an existing target
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP \w'struct\ scsi_target\ *\ scsi_alloc_target('u
.BI "struct scsi_target * scsi_alloc_target(struct\ device\ *\ " "parent" ", int\ " "channel" ", uint\ " "id" ");"
.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.PP
\fIstruct device * parent\fR
.RS 4
parent of the target (need not be a scsi host)
.RE
.PP
\fIint channel\fR
.RS 4
target channel number (zero if no channels)
.RE
.PP
\fIuint id\fR
.RS 4
target id number
.RE
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Return an existing target if one exists, provided it hasn\*(Aqt already gone into STARGET_DEL state, otherwise allocate a new target\&.
.PP
The target is returned with an incremented reference, so the caller is responsible for both reaping and doing a last put
.SH "AUTHORS"
.PP
\fBJames Bottomley\fR <\&James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.PP
\fBRob Landley\fR <\&rob@landley.net\&>
.RS 4
Author.
.RE
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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