fnic_update_mac_locked(9)

💅 fnic_update_mac_locked — bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is the fnic_update_mac_locked(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it is short but it's got main character energy. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

fnic_update_mac_locked — sets the data MAC address and the filters, periodt 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void fnic_update_mac_locked (struct fnic *fnic , u8 *new );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. no cap ✨

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• fnic — the fnic instance. like, the whole thing you're working on 🫶
• new — the newly-assigned FCoE MAC address. fresh out the box, brand new, literally 💅

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the one thing you cannot skip, bestie: this function is called with the fnic lock held. already locked. by you. before you got here. don't go re-locking it, don't go unlocking it, just — it's locked, iykyk 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/fnic/fnic_fcs.c — go read it, it's giving source of truth 👑
• fnic_import_rq_eth_pkt(9)
• fdls_send_fcoe_frame(9)
• fnic_flush_tx(9)
• fnic_tport_event_handler(9)

all of these are in the group chat too, go say hi 🦋

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and that's the page!! this little gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/fnic and it's dated October 2026, so like — mark your calendar, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, whatever feels right. mwah 💖✨🎀🫶