bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock(9)

💅 bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock — like, the whole vibe 💅

okay so bestie, you found a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the star of the show is bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock. pull up a chair, this one's short and sweet 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock — the function that tries to acquire a leader lock. yes, "tries" is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence and we love that for it 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock (struct bnx2x *bp );

that's it. that's the whole signature. it returns a bool, it takes one pointer, and it's giving "i have exactly one job and i'm going to do it" energy 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bp — the driver handle, aka the little passport that tells the function which driver it's working with. hand it over and let it cook 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what does it do, you ask? it tries to acquire a leader lock for the current engine. that's the whole description, no cap — the manpage is a person of few words and honestly? iconic. it's a try lock, so it goes for it, and the bool it hands back is your answer 🔥

no extra lore here, bestie — the original page doesn't spill any more tea, so neither will i 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group 💖 first up, the kernel file where this whole situation lives:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c

and then the whole squad, in order, no one left behind:

• bnx2x_get_leader_lock_resource(9)
• bnx2x_get_common_flags(9)
• bnx2x_is_contextless_ramrod(9)
• bnx2x_sp_post(9)
• bnx2x_clear_pf_load(9)
• bnx2x_chk_parity_attn(9)
• bnx2x_init_hw_common(9)
• bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip(9)
• bnx2x_set_int_mode(9)
• bnx2x_pf_q_prep_init(9)
• bnx2x_setup_queue(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_req(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_done(9)
• bnx2x_clp_reset_done(9)
• bnx2x_reset_mcp_prep(9)
• bnx2x_mcp_wait_one(9)
• bnx2x_er_poll_igu_vq(9)
• bnx2x_set_uc_list(9)
• bnx2x_get_num_non_def_sbs(9)
• bnx2x_io_error_detected(9)
• bnx2x_io_slot_reset(9)
• bnx2x_io_resume(9)
• bnx2x_set_iscsi_eth_mac_addr(9)

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 quick sign-off so we stay legit: this is the Kernel API Manual entry for bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock(9), dated October 2026, sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yes it's truncated like that in the original, don't come for me 😭). go forth and trylock responsibly, bestie 🧚💜