fc_vport_create(9)

💖 fc_vport_create(9) 💖

okay so this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the "please create a vport for me" kernel function. Short page, big main character energy. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fc_vport_create — Admin App or LLDD requests creation of a vport. That's the whole vibe, bestie: an Admin App or an LLDD is asking for a vport to be created. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct fc_vport * fc_vport_create (struct Scsi_Host *shost , int channel , struct fc_vport_identifiers *ids );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so three things go in, and here's what they are:

• shost — the scsi host the virtual port is connected to. That's the one. 🫶
• channel — the channel on the shost port connected to. Yep, that's it. 🎀
• ids — the world wide names, FC4 port roles, etc for the virtual port. All the identity details for the vport live here. 🌈

🔥 NOTES 🔥

Heads up: This routine assumes no locks are held on entry. Like, zero locks, bestie. That's the assumption, periodt. 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file is ./drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c, and the FC friend group is honestly huge. Here's the whole list, no skips: 🫶

• fc_get_event_number(9)
• fc_host_post_fc_event(9)
• fc_host_post_event(9)
• fc_host_post_vendor_event(9)
• fc_find_rport_by_wwpn(9)
• fc_host_fpin_rcv(9)
• fc_eh_timed_out(9)
• fc_queue_work(9)
• fc_flush_work(9)
• fc_queue_devloss_work(9)
• fc_flush_devloss(9)
• fc_remove_host(9)
• fc_starget_delete(9)
• fc_rport_final_delete(9)
• fc_remote_port_create(9)
• fc_remote_port_add(9)
• fc_remote_port_delete(9)
• fc_remote_port_rolechg(9)
• fc_timeout_deleted_rport(9)
• fc_timeout_fail_rport_io(9)
• fc_scsi_scan_rport(9)
• fc_block_rport(9)
• fc_block_scsi_eh(9)
• fc_vport_setup(9)
• fc_vport_terminate(9)
• fc_vport_sched_delete(9)
• fc_bsg_job_timeout(9)
• fc_bsg_host_dispatch(9)
• fc_bsg_rport_dispatch(9)
• fc_bsg_hostadd(9)
• fc_bsg_rportadd(9)
• fc_bsg_remove(9)

made with 💖 and way too much iced coffee in ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, for fc_vport_create(9). bye bestie, go create some vports! 🎀✨