---
name: "libnvme_submit_admin_passthru-libnvme3"
section: "2"
platform: "linux"
package: "nvme-cli"
version: "3.2-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/libnvme_submit_admin_passthru-libnvme3"
---

# libnvme\_submit\_admin\_passthru-libnvme3(2)

Queue admin passthru command

## NAME

libnvme\_submit\_admin\_passthru - Queue admin passthru command

## SYNOPSIS

**int libnvme\_submit\_admin\_passthru** **(struct libnvme\_transport\_handle \*hdl** *,* **struct libnvme\_passthru\_cmd \*cmd** *,* **void \*cookie** *);*

## ARGUMENTS

- hdl

  Transport handle

- cmd

  The nvme admin command to send

- cookie

  User-defined opaque value returned at completion

## DESCRIPTION

Queues *cmd* for asynchronous execution. Completion is reported via **libnvme\_reap\_passthru**.

## RETURN

0 on successful queueing, negative error code otherwise.