fc_vport_setup(9)

✨ fc_vport_setup(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to fc_vport_setup(9) 💅 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about spinning up a Fibre Channel virtual port. literally creating a whole little vport from scratch, no cap 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int fc_vport_setup (struct Scsi_Host *shost , int channel , struct
       device *pdev , struct fc_vport_identifiers *ids , struct fc_vport
       **ret_vport );

it's giving "one function, five arguments, zero chill." returns an int, periodt ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so here's who's who in this group chat:

• shost — the scsi host that this virtual port is connected to. like, the main character host energy 👑
• channel — the channel on the shost port it's connected to 🌈
• pdev — the parent device for the vport. yes, every vport has a parent, we love a family dynamic 🫶
• ids — all the identifying deets for the virtual port: the world wide names, the FC4 port roles, etc. basically its whole personality 🙈
• ret_vport — a pointer to the created vport. so you can find your new baby later 😭💖

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

So what does it actually do? It allocates and creates the vport structure, then calls the parent host to instantiate the vport — and that wraps up with class and sysfs creation. it's giving "full lifecycle, handled." ate and left no crumbs 🔥

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🌟 NOTES 🌟

heads up bestie: this routine assumes no locks are held on entry. so like, don't come in holding any locks, fr fr 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c. and the whole squad, in order, because we don't skip anyone in this house 🫶

• 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_create(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)

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚💖 coming at you from ./drivers/scsi, dated October 2026, and yes we're still out here reading fc_vport_setup(9) in the year 2026 because kernel docs are forever ⭐ stay hydrated, hold no locks on entry, and slay 💅✨