static void ahci_start_transfer(IDEDMA *dma)
{
    AHCIDevice *ad = DO_UPCAST(AHCIDevice, dma, dma);
    IDEState *s = &ad->port.ifs[0];
    uint32_t size = (uint32_t)(s->data_end - s->data_ptr);
    /* write == ram -> device */
    uint16_t opts = le16_to_cpu(ad->cur_cmd->opts);
    int is_write = opts & AHCI_CMD_WRITE;
    int is_atapi = opts & AHCI_CMD_ATAPI;
    int has_sglist = 0;

    if (is_atapi && !ad->done_atapi_packet) {
        /* already prepopulated iobuffer */
        ad->done_atapi_packet = true;
        size = 0;
        goto out;
    }

    if (ahci_dma_prepare_buf(dma, size)) {
        has_sglist = 1;
    }

    DPRINTF(ad->port_no, "%sing %d bytes on %s w/%s sglist\n",
            is_write ? "writ" : "read", size, is_atapi ? "atapi" : "ata",
            has_sglist ? "" : "o");

    if (has_sglist && size) {
        if (is_write) {
            dma_buf_write(s->data_ptr, size, &s->sg);
        } else {
            dma_buf_read(s->data_ptr, size, &s->sg);
        }
    }

out:
    /* declare that we processed everything */
    s->data_ptr = s->data_end;

    /* Update number of transferred bytes, destroy sglist */
    dma_buf_commit(s, size);

    s->end_transfer_func(s);

    if (!(s->status & DRQ_STAT)) {
        /* done with PIO send/receive */
        ahci_write_fis_pio(ad, le32_to_cpu(ad->cur_cmd->status));
    }
}

The product does not release a resource after its effective lifetime has ended, i.e., after the resource is no longer needed.