fc_lport_state_enter(9)

💖 fc_lport_state_enter(9) — or, how to make a local port go thru a whole phase ✨

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely one of the more lowkey iconic little functions — it's the one that just... changes a local port's state. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but bestie, sometimes the simplest thing is the main character, yk?

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🦋 NAME

fc_lport_state_enter — changes a local port's state. literally just that. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

void fc_lport_state_enter (struct fc_lport *lport , enum fc_lport_state
state );

so yeah, it returns void (nothing back, she gives and doesn't take 💅), and she takes two things: the lport and the state.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• lport — the local port whose state is about to change. like, the one getting the glow-up ✨
• state — the new state. the destination. the era she's entering. 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO

okay this list is LONG, so buckle up bestie — every single one of these is invited to the function party:

• Kernel file ./include/scsi/libfc.h
• enum fc_lport_state(9)
• enum fc_rport_state(9)
• struct fc_disc_port(9)
• enum fc_rport_event(9)
• struct fc_rport_operations(9)
• struct fc_rport_libfc_priv(9)
• struct fc_rport_priv(9)
• struct fc_stats(9)
• struct fc_seq_els_data(9)
• struct fc_fcp_pkt(9)
• struct fc_seq(9)
• struct fc_exch(9)
• struct fc_disc(9)
• struct fc_lport(9)
• struct fc4_prov(9)
• fc_lport_test_ready(9)
• fc_set_wwnn(9)
• fc_set_wwpn(9)
• fc_lport_init_stats(9)
• fc_lport_free_stats(9)
• lport_priv(9)
• libfc_host_alloc(9)

ngl that's a whole friend group and we love that for them 🫶

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lowkey reminder: the state you pass in is the state it becomes — so like, know where you're sending her before you send her. 🙈

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this lil drop of wisdom came to you from ./include/scsi, dated October 2026, and it's the fc_lport_state_enter(9) page — slay, go enter a state bestie 🧚‍♀️✨