fc_exch_release(9)

okay bestie, you found the fc_exch_release(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? iconic. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

fc_exch_release — Decrement an exchange's reference count. That’s the assignment, and it ate — slay. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here’s the signature, no cap:

void fc_exch_release (struct fc_exch *ep );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ep — Exchange to be released. That’s your little guy to let go of, bestie. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

If the reference count reaches zero and the exchange is complete, it is freed. Highkey both conditions matter — no shortcuts, periodt. 💀✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_exch.c — home base for all this exchange lore. 🏡✨

And the whole friend group — it’s giving kernel lore, iykyk:

• struct fc_exch_pool(9)
• struct fc_exch_mgr(9)
• struct fc_exch_mgr_anchor(9)
• fc_exch_name_lookup(9), fc_exch_rctl_name(9), fc_exch_hold(9)
• fc_exch_setup_hdr(9), fc_exch_timer_cancel(9), fc_exch_timer_set_locked(9), fc_exch_timer_set(9)
• fc_exch_done_locked(9), fc_exch_ptr_get(9), fc_exch_ptr_set(9)
• fc_exch_delete(9), fc_seq_send(9), fc_seq_alloc(9)
• fc_seq_start_next_locked(9), fc_seq_start_next(9)
• fc_exch_abort_locked(9), fc_seq_exch_abort(9), fc_invoke_resp(9)
• fc_exch_timeout(9), fc_exch_em_alloc(9), fc_exch_alloc(9)
• fc_exch_find(9), fc_exch_done(9), fc_exch_resp(9)
• fc_seq_lookup_recip(9), fc_seq_lookup_orig(9), fc_exch_set_addr(9)
• fc_seq_els_rsp_send(9), fc_seq_send_last(9), fc_seq_send_ack(9)
• fc_exch_send_ba_rjt(9), fc_exch_recv_abts(9), fc_seq_assign(9)
• fc_seq_release(9), fc_exch_recv_req(9), fc_exch_recv_seq_resp(9)
• fc_exch_recv_resp(9), fc_exch_abts_resp(9), fc_exch_recv_bls(9)
• fc_seq_ls_acc(9), fc_seq_ls_rjt(9), fc_exch_reset(9)
• fc_exch_pool_reset(9), fc_exch_mgr_reset(9), fc_exch_lookup(9)
• fc_exch_els_rec(9), fc_exch_rrq_resp(9), fc_exch_seq_send(9)
• fc_exch_rrq(9), fc_exch_els_rrq(9), fc_exch_update_stats(9)
• fc_exch_mgr_add(9), fc_exch_mgr_destroy(9), fc_exch_mgr_del(9)
• fc_exch_mgr_list_clone(9), fc_exch_mgr_alloc(9), fc_exch_mgr_free(9)
• fc_find_ema(9), fc_exch_recv(9), fc_exch_init(9), fc_setup_exch_mgr(9)
• fc_destroy_exch_mgr(9)

That’s the whole page, bestie — brought to you by ./drivers/scsi/libfc, dated October 2026, and filed under fc_exch_release(9). mwah 💋💖