fc_rport_timeout(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 fc_rport_timeout — bestie's guide to the retry_work timer glow-up ✨

okay so real talk: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about fc_rport_timeout — the handler for the retry_work timer. yes THAT timer. she's the one who shows up when your remote port ghosts you and it's time to try again. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

fc_rport_timeout — literally the handler for the retry_work timer, no cap 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void fc_rport_timeout (struct work_struct *work );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • work — handle to the remote port that has timed out. she timed out bestie, and this is the handle that tells you which remote port decided to take a little nap 💀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Locking Note: k so listen — this is called without the rport lock held. and then? this function will hold the rport lock, call an _enter_* function, and then unlock the rport. that's the whole choreography, she's very organized about it 🔥

Reference counting: drops kref on return. periodt. don't forget it, don't lose track of it, that's the vibe check 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_rport.c — and honestly the whole friend group:

and that's the whole page bestie!! straight from ./drivers/scsi/libfc, dated October 2026, and stamped with the very official fc_rport_timeout(9) energy 💜 go forth and handle those timeouts, icon 🧚✨

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