csio_lnode_close(9)

💖 csio_lnode_close(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to csio_lnode_close from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a short one, but it's a load-bearing one, so grab your lil iced coffee and let's go 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

csio_lnode_close — close an lnode. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic minimalism 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void csio_lnode_close (struct csio_lnode *ln );

no return value, no drama, no cap. it returns void and it means it 💀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ln — the lnode. literally just... the lnode. that's the entire argument, bestie, she's low-maintenance 👑

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🎀 DESCRIPTION 🎀

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this routine gets invoked by the HW module to close an lnode and its associated NPIV lnodes. the way it just handles the whole friend group at once, not just the one lnode?? main character energy fr fr 🫶

and then — this is the important bit, don't skip it — the lnode and its associated NPIV lnodes get set to an uninitialized state. so like, they're not deleted deleted, they're just... reset to factory settings. vibe check: uninitialized 💀✨

no return value, no error paths listed, no environment variables, no flags to memorize. she's simple, she's elegant, she knows what she's about 🌈

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/csiostor/csio_lnode.c
• csio_lnode_lookup_by_wwpn(9)
• csio_ln_fdmi_start(9)
• csio_fcoe_fwevt_handler(9)
• csio_lnode_start(9)
• csio_lnode_stop(9)
• csio_lnode_exit(9)

like, go read the whole squad, they're all linked up, iykyk 👑🔥

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💖 bestie reminder: this page lives in ./drivers/scsi/csiostor and the version stamp on it is October 2026, and yeah the manual name it's filed under is literally csio_lnode_close(9) — so if you ever need to find her again, that's the search term. mwah, go close some lnodes responsibly 💅🎀💜