ib_get_cached_port_state(9)

✨ ib_get_cached_port_state(9) ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual bestie, and this page is called ib_get_cached_port_state(9) — say it with me, it's giving "look up a port state that's already chillin' in the cache" 💅

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💖 NAME 💖

ib_get_cached_port_state — literally returns a cached port state table entry, no cap 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ib_get_cached_port_state (struct ib_device *device , u32 port_num ,
enum ib_port_state *port_active );

copy it exactly, don't @ me 🙈

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• device — the device you wanna query, bestie. that's the one. 👑
• port_num — the port number of the device you're querying. u32 energy fr fr. 🔥
• port_active — the port_state for that specified port on that device. this is where the answer lands, so treat it with respect 💜

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so ib_get_cached_port_state fetches the specified port_state table entry that's stored in the local software cache. that's the whole vibe — it's a cache lookup, not a fresh trip to the hardware. iconic, efficient, main character energy. ✨🧚

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Kernel file ./include/rdma/ib_cache.h
• ib_get_cached_pkey(9)
• ib_find_cached_pkey(9)
• ib_get_cached_lmc(9)

go read those too, iykyk 🫶

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and that's the whole page, bestie!! this lil masterpiece comes from ./include/rdma, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ib_get_cached_port_state(9). slay, ate, periodt. 💅💖🌈🍓