fnic_handle_fcs_ka_timer(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay so bestie, this is the fnic_handle_fcs_ka_timer(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the iconic Kernel API Manual, we love her 💖. This function is literally here to handle the FCS keep alive timer, and we're gonna get you through it, no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void fnic_handle_fcs_ka_timer (struct timer_list *t );

That's the whole vibe: it returns void and takes a struct timer_list * named t. Slay ✨.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• t — Handle to the timer list. That's the timer-list handle, bestie; it's the one and only argument 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so picture this: No keep alives received from FCF. 💀 That is the situation this handler is dealing with. It cleans up, brings the link down, and restarts all the FIP discovery. Like, cleanup ✅, link down ✅, restart all the FIP discovery ✅.

bestie, this is the FCS keep alive timer handler, so when keep alives stop showing up from FCF, this is the cleanup + link-down + FIP-discovery-restart routine. That's it, that's the tea ☕

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file is ./drivers/scsi/fnic/fip.c, and these are the cross-refs you should peek at:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/fnic/fip.c
• fnic_fcoe_reset_vlans(9)
• fnic_fcoe_send_vlan_req(9)
• fnic_fcoe_process_vlan_resp(9)
• fnic_fcoe_start_fcf_discovery(9)
• fnic_fcoe_fip_discovery_resp(9)
• fnic_fcoe_start_flogi(9)
• fnic_fcoe_process_flogi_resp(9)
• fnic_common_fip_cleanup(9)
• fnic_fcoe_process_cvl(9)
• fdls_fip_recv_frame(9)
• fnic_handle_fip_timer(9)
• fnic_handle_enode_ka_timer(9)
• fnic_handle_vn_ka_timer(9)
• fnic_vlan_discovery_timeout(9)
• fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer(9)

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k bye bestie 💋 this page's source/version points at ./drivers/scsi/fnic, and the date stamp is October 2026. mwah 🫶✨