fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer(9)

💖 fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this one's a little workqueue function from the fnic driver and honestly it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer — literally handles the work that comes off the FCS keep alive timer 💅 that's it, that's the whole vibe check.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer (struct work_struct *work );

no cap, that's the whole signature. it returns nothing (it's void, bestie) and it takes exactly one thing 👇

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• work — the work queue that's getting serviced 🧚 like, this is the actual chunk of work that came knocking and now needs handling.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the tea ☕ — this function is where fcs_ka_timer gets finished off in process context. the timer already fired somewhere else, and now the actual cleanup happens here where it's safe to do real work 💀

and what does that cleanup look like? three iconic steps:

1. clean up 🧹
2. bring the link down 😭
3. restart all FIP discovery 🔥

periodt. that's the whole job. it's giving "tidy up and start fresh" main character energy 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

peep these, bestie — they're all in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/fnic/fip.c and they're lowkey all connected:

• 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_handle_fcs_ka_timer(9)

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aaaand that's the page! 🎀 this little cutie lives under ./drivers/scsi/fnic, it's dated October 2026 ⭐, and it shipped as fnic_work_on_fcs_ka_timer(9) in the Kernel API Manual 💜 bye bestie, go handle your workqueue responsibly 🦋💅