ENUM IWL_FW_ERROR_CONTEXT(9)

💅 enum iwl_fw_error_context(9) — the error dump context enum, bestie

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (enum iwl_fw_error_context(9), yeah the title's a whole thing) and honestly it's short but it matters — it's the enum that tells the error-dump code where it's being called from, and you gotta get it right or locks go bye-bye 🔥

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✨ NAME ✨

enum iwl_fw_error_context — literally the "error dump context" enum. that's the vibe. it's giving "who called me and am i allowed to touch the locks" 💅

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

no cap, here's the whole thing verbatim:

enum iwl_fw_error_context {
    IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_WORKER ,
    IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_FROM_OPMODE ,
    IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_ABORT

};

three constants. short list. iconic. ✨

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🦋 CONSTANTS 🦋

okay bestie, memorize these, they're the entire personality of this enum:

• IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_WORKER — the regular one, coming from worker context. so opmode must acquire locks and must also check for IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_ABORT after acquiring locks. yes really, don't skip the re-check, that's the whole trap 🫶
• IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_FROM_OPMODE — this one means the context is in a call originating from the opmode, like while resetting or stopping the device. so opmode must not acquire any locks. none. zero. periodt. 🚫🔒
• IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_ABORT — after lock acquisition, this one indicates that the dump already happened via another callback (currently only while stopping the device) via the IWL_ERR_CONTEXT_FROM_OPMODE context, and this call must be aborted. like, the dump's already done, take the L and bail 💀

fr fr the lock rules are the whole point here — one context wants you to grab locks, the other screams at you not to. don't mix them up 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/iwl-op-mode.h
• Operational mode - what is it ?(9)
• Life cycle of the Operational mode(9)
• enum iwl_fw_error_type(9)
• struct iwl_fw_error_dump_mode(9)
• struct iwl_op_mode_ops(9)
• struct iwl_op_mode(9)

like, go read them, they're the supporting cast and they ate 👑

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🌸 anyway that's the page! source is ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and it's page enum iwl_fw_error_context(9) of the Kernel API Manual — mwah, love u, go check your locks before you dump 💖✨🎀