libnvme\_get\_subsystem(9) libnvme API manual libnvme\_get\_subsystem(9)

# [NAME](#NAME)

libnvme\_get\_subsystem - Returns struct libnvme\_subsystem object

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**int libnvme\_get\_subsystem** **(struct libnvme\_global\_ctx \*ctx ,** **struct libnvme\_host \*h ,** **const char \*name ,** **const char \*subsysnqn ,** **struct libnvme\_subsystem \*\*s );**

# [ARGUMENTS](#ARGUMENTS)

[ctx](#ctx)

struct libnvme\_global\_ctx object

[h](#h)

*struct libnvme\_host* object

[name](#name)

Name of the subsystem (may be NULL)

[subsysnqn](#subsysnqn)

Subsystem NQN

[s](#s)

struct libnvme\_subsystem object

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

Returns an *struct libnvme\_subsystem* object in *h* base on *name* (if present) and *subsysnqn* or create one if not found.

libnvme\_get\_subsystem September 2026

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Document: libnvme_get_subsystem-libnvme3(2) from nvme-cli 3.1-r1 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://github.com/linux-nvme/nvme-cli