fc_fcp_pkt_alloc(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so this is fc_fcp_pkt_alloc(9) from the Kernel API Manual — and it literally does what it says on the tin: allocate a fcp_pkt 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct fc_fcp_pkt * fc_fcp_pkt_alloc (struct fc_lport *lport , gfp_t gfp
       );

bestie, it's giving "one function, two arguments, zero drama" ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lport — the local port that the FCP packet is for 🫶 like, this is the port your packet belongs to, okay?
• gfp — the GFP flags for allocation 🌸 yes, the allocation vibes are specified here, no cap.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what do you actually get back? The return value is a fcp_pkt structure — slay — or null on allocation failure 😭 like if the allocation doesn't work out, you get null, periodt.

that's literally the whole description, and honestly? iconic. short, sweet, to the point. no notes. 💖

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

you can call this from process context, and no lock is required 🔓✨ so don't go grabbing a lock for this one, bestie — it does not need it, fr fr.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG and honestly it ate 👑 every single one, in order, no skips:

• the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_fcp.c — yes, that's where it lives 🏠
• struct fc_fcp_internal(9)
• fc_fcp_pkt_release(9)
• fc_fcp_pkt_hold(9)
• fc_fcp_pkt_destroy(9)
• fc_fcp_lock_pkt(9)
• fc_fcp_unlock_pkt(9)
• fc_fcp_timer_set(9)
• fc_fcp_send_abort(9)
• fc_fcp_retry_cmd(9)
• fc_fcp_ddp_setup(9)
• fc_fcp_ddp_done(9)
• fc_fcp_can_queue_ramp_up(9)
• fc_fcp_can_queue_ramp_down(9)
• get_fsp_rec_tov(9)
• fc_fcp_recv_data(9)
• fc_fcp_send_data(9)
• fc_fcp_abts_resp(9)
• fc_fcp_recv(9)
• fc_fcp_resp(9)
• fc_fcp_complete_locked(9)
• fc_fcp_cleanup_cmd(9)
• fc_fcp_cleanup_each_cmd(9)
• fc_fcp_abort_io(9)
• fc_fcp_pkt_send(9)
• fc_fcp_cmd_send(9)
• fc_fcp_error(9)
• fc_fcp_pkt_abort(9)
• fc_lun_reset_send(9)
• fc_lun_reset(9)
• fc_tm_done(9)
• fc_fcp_cleanup(9)
• fc_fcp_timeout(9)
• fc_fcp_rec(9)
• fc_fcp_rec_resp(9)
• fc_fcp_rec_error(9)
• fc_fcp_recovery(9)
• fc_fcp_srr(9)
• fc_fcp_srr_resp(9)
• fc_fcp_srr_error(9)
• fc_fcp_lport_queue_ready(9)
• fc_queuecommand(9)
• fc_io_compl(9)
• fc_eh_abort(9)
• fc_eh_device_reset(9)
• fc_eh_host_reset(9)
• fc_sdev_init(9)
• fc_fcp_destroy(9)
• fc_fcp_init(9)

like, go read those if you want the full lore 🌈

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xoxo, your kernel bestie 💖 this page came from ./drivers/scsi/libfc, dated October 2026, and yes the footer literally says fc_fcp_pkt_alloc(9) again — consistent queen 👑✨