fc_disc_timeout(9)

💅 fc_disc_timeout(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, the fc_disc_timeout(9) edition — yes the whole page is about one tiny little function and honestly? she's iconic for it. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fc_disc_timeout — the handler for discovery timeouts, i.e. the girl who shows up when discovery just did NOT happen in time and someone has to deal with it 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fc_disc_timeout (struct work_struct *work );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no cap. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• work — a struct work_struct * that holds the discovery context which needs to retry discovery. so basically the little container of "bestie we gotta run that discovery again" energy ✨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

fr fr go read the rest of the family, they're all in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_disc.c and they ate:

• fc_disc_stop_rports(9)
• fc_disc_recv_rscn_req(9)
• fc_disc_recv_req(9)
• fc_disc_restart(9)
• fc_disc_start(9)
• fc_disc_done(9)
• fc_disc_error(9)
• fc_disc_gpn_ft_req(9)
• fc_disc_gpn_ft_parse(9)
• fc_disc_gpn_ft_resp(9)
• fc_disc_gpn_id_resp(9)
• fc_disc_gpn_id_req(9)
• fc_disc_single(9)
• fc_disc_stop(9)
• fc_disc_stop_final(9)
• fc_disc_config(9)
• fc_disc_init(9)

like, the whole squad. iykyk 🌈

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okay that's the page!! mwah 💖 this little gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/libfc, and the version/date on the original footer is October 2026 — so yeah, october 2026 said "here's your timeout handler, you're welcome" and we said thank you queen 👑✨ 🎀