bnx2i_free_hba(9)

💅 bnx2i_free_hba — kernel API manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, we're in the bnx2i section of the kernel API manual today and this one's a little cleanup baddie. Let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bnx2i_free_hba — releases hba structure and resources held by the adapter

like, it's the goodbye page. the "you're done here, go home" of adapter structs 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void bnx2i_free_hba (struct bnx2i_hba *hba );

literally just the one call, no return value, it's giving void and unbothered 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• hba — pointer to adapter instance. that's your adapter bestie, the one holding the tea and the resources

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

free adapter structure and call various cleanup routines.

that's it, that's the vibe. it frees the adapter structure and it calls a bunch of cleanup routines, so all the little resource crumbs get tidied up too. main character energy for a destructor, honestly 🧹✨

ngl, cleanup functions are the unsung heroes. no cap. someone has to release things and it's not gonna be the allocator 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source of truth, the literal location:

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/bnx2i/bnx2i_iscsi.c

and now the whole friend group 💖 (yes, this is the extended friend list, everyone's here, nobody's left out):

• bnx2i_get_write_cmd_bd_idx(9), bnx2i_setup_write_cmd_bd_info(9), bnx2i_map_scsi_sg(9), bnx2i_iscsi_map_sg_list(9), bnx2i_iscsi_unmap_sg_list(9), bnx2i_bind_conn_to_iscsi_cid(9), bnx2i_get_conn_from_id(9), bnx2i_alloc_iscsi_cid(9), bnx2i_free_iscsi_cid(9), bnx2i_setup_free_cid_que(9), bnx2i_release_free_cid_que(9), bnx2i_alloc_ep(9), bnx2i_free_ep(9), bnx2i_alloc_bdt(9), bnx2i_destroy_cmd_pool(9), bnx2i_setup_cmd_pool(9), bnx2i_setup_mp_bdt(9), bnx2i_free_mp_bdt(9), bnx2i_drop_session(9), bnx2i_ep_destroy_list_add(9), bnx2i_ep_destroy_list_del(9), bnx2i_ep_ofld_list_add(9), bnx2i_ep_ofld_list_del(9), bnx2i_find_ep_in_ofld_list(9), bnx2i_find_ep_in_destroy_list(9), bnx2i_ep_active_list_add(9), bnx2i_ep_active_list_del(9), bnx2i_setup_host_queue_size(9), bnx2i_alloc_hba(9), bnx2i_conn_free_login_resources(9), bnx2i_conn_alloc_login_resources(9), bnx2i_iscsi_prep_generic_pdu_bd(9), bnx2i_iscsi_send_generic_request(9), bnx2i_cpy_scsi_cdb(9), bnx2i_mtask_xmit(9), bnx2i_task_xmit(9), bnx2i_session_create(9), bnx2i_session_destroy(9), bnx2i_conn_create(9), bnx2i_conn_bind(9), bnx2i_conn_destroy(9), bnx2i_ep_get_param(9), bnx2i_host_get_param(9), bnx2i_conn_start(9), bnx2i_conn_get_stats(9), bnx2i_check_route(9), bnx2i_tear_down_conn(9), bnx2i_ep_connect(9), bnx2i_ep_poll(9), bnx2i_ep_tcp_conn_active(9), bnx2i_hw_ep_disconnect(9), bnx2i_ep_disconnect(9), bnx2i_nl_set_path(9)

like I said — everyone's invited, it's a whole party 🎉

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and that's the page, bestie 💖 go free that hba, you absolute icon ✨

signed, sealed, delivered from ./drivers/scsi/bnx2i, dated October 2026 — iykyk 🎀🦋