fc_vport_id_lookup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ fc_vport_id_lookup(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a lil function called fc_vport_id_lookup, and honestly? it's giving matchmaker energy. you hand it a fabric ID and it goes looking for the NPIV lport that vibes with it. iykyk 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

fc_vport_id_lookup — find the NPIV lport that matches a given fabric ID 🔍💅

like, it's literally a lookup. you want the lport for this fabric ID? boom, here she is. main character energy fr fr 🌟

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct fc_lport * fc_vport_id_lookup (struct fc_lport *n_port , u32 port_id );

so she takes two things and gives you back a struct fc_lport * — no cap, that's the whole vibe check 🫶

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • n_port — the top level N_Port which may have multiple NPIV VN_Ports 🧚‍♀️ think of it as the parent friend who's got a whole group chat of VN_Ports under her wing. this is the one you're searching within.
  • port_id — the fabric ID to find a match for 🎯 the thing you're hunting for. she's gonna go see who matches.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

matching lport pointer 🌈 — or NULL if there is no match 😭💀

fr fr, always check for NULL before you go dereferencing, bestie. no match means no match, and she will absolutely hand you a NULL and walk away 💅

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

all the sibling functions, the whole little libfc family reunion 🫶✨ go read them too, they're iconic in their own right 👑

and that's the page, bestie!! 🦋 this lil slice of the Kernel API Manual (section 9, fc_vport_id_lookup(9) — yes she has her own number, queen behavior 👑) lives down in ./drivers/scsi/libfc and the version/date on this one is October 2026. periodt. 💖✨🎀

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