frwr_wc_localinv_wake(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 frwr_wc_localinv_wake(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so before we even start: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the function we're stanning today is frwr_wc_localinv_wake. yes the name is a mouthful. no we're not changing it. let's go 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

frwr_wc_localinv_wake — the callback the RDMA provider hits you with when a LOCAL_INV WC shows up 💫

like, literally. that's the whole job description. the RDMA provider invokes it for a LOCAL_INV WC. iconic behavior honestly 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void frwr_wc_localinv_wake (struct ib_cq *cq , struct ib_wc *wc );

yeah that's it. void in, void out, two args in the middle. no cap 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • cq — the completion queue 💖 (a struct ib_cq *, if you're keeping track)
  • wc — the WCE for a completed LocalInv WR 🌈 she's the receipt, basically

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So what does it do? It awakens anyone who's waiting for an MR to finish being fenced 😭🫶

read that again. awaken. anyone. waiting. the MR is done being fenced, and this function is the one knocking on the door like "bestie you're up 💖". main character energy fr fr.

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file in question lives at ./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/frwr_ops.c 📁 — go read it, iykyk.

and the whole friend group 🫶:

all of them. every single one. squint at them in that exact order if you want, i don't make the rules 💀

🌟 cute sign-off time: this little beauty comes to you from ./net/sunrpc/xprtrdma, dated October 2026, and she is, of course, frwr_wc_localinv_wake(9). slay, ate, periodt. 💜🎀✨
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