ibmvfc_alloc_queue(9)

💖 ibmvfc_alloc_queue(9) 💖

okay so buckle up bestie, we're reading a kernel API manual page today — this is ibmvfc_alloc_queue(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's short, she's sweet, she's a whole vibe. let's get into it ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ibmvfc_alloc_queue — Allocate queue. that's it, that's the name, and she's serving "i do exactly one thing and i do it iconically" 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ibmvfc_alloc_queue (struct ibmvfc_host *vhost , struct ibmvfc_queue
*queue , enum ibmvfc_msg_fmt fmt );

not me just reading a function signature out loud like it's a poem 😭 three args, returns an int, no cap.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vhost — the ibmvfc host struct, aka the main character of this whole operation 👑
• queue — the ibmvfc queue that's getting allocated, bestie's about to get a whole existence 🫶
• fmt — the queue format to allocate, i.e. what flavor of queue we're making 🍓

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success / non-zero on failure 💀 — so like, zero means slay, anything else means something went off and you should probably look at it. fr fr.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the location, because context is everything:

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c — that's where she lives 🏠

and then. okay. deep breath. the entire friend group. yes all of them. every single one. i'm not skipping a single name because they all matter equally and i refuse to do any of them dirty 💜

ibmvfc_trc_start(9), ibmvfc_trc_end(9), ibmvfc_get_err_index(9), ibmvfc_get_cmd_error(9), ibmvfc_get_err_result(9), ibmvfc_retry_cmd(9), ibmvfc_get_ls_explain(9), ibmvfc_get_gs_explain(9), ibmvfc_get_fc_type(9), ibmvfc_set_tgt_action(9), ibmvfc_set_host_state(9), ibmvfc_set_host_action(9), ibmvfc_reinit_host(9), ibmvfc_del_tgt(9), ibmvfc_link_down(9), ibmvfc_init_host(9), ibmvfc_send_crq(9), ibmvfc_send_crq_init(9), ibmvfc_send_crq_init_complete(9), ibmvfc_init_event_pool(9), ibmvfc_free_event_pool(9), ibmvfc_free_queue(9), ibmvfc_release_crq_queue(9), ibmvfc_reenable_crq_queue(9), ibmvfc_reset_crq(9), ibmvfc_valid_event(9), ibmvfc_free_event(9), ibmvfc_vfc_eh_done(9), ibmvfc_complete_purge(9), ibmvfc_fail_request(9), ibmvfc_purge_requests(9), ibmvfc_hard_reset_host(9), __ibmvfc_reset_host(9), ibmvfc_reset_host(9), ibmvfc_retry_host_init(9), __ibmvfc_get_target(9), ibmvfc_get_target(9), ibmvfc_get_host_speed(9), ibmvfc_get_host_port_state(9), ibmvfc_set_rport_dev_loss_tmo(9), ibmvfc_release_tgt(9), ibmvfc_get_starget_node_name(9), ibmvfc_get_starget_port_name(9), ibmvfc_get_starget_port_id(9), ibmvfc_wait_while_resetting(9), ibmvfc_issue_fc_host_lip(9), ibmvfc_gather_partition_info(9), ibmvfc_set_login_info(9), __ibmvfc_get_event(9), ibmvfc_locked_done(9), ibmvfc_init_event(9), ibmvfc_map_sg_list(9), ibmvfc_map_sg_data(9), ibmvfc_timeout(9), ibmvfc_send_event(9), ibmvfc_log_error(9), ibmvfc_scsi_relogin(9), ibmvfc_scsi_done(9), ibmvfc_host_chkready(9), ibmvfc_queuecommand(9), ibmvfc_sync_completion(9), ibmvfc_bsg_timeout_done(9), ibmvfc_bsg_timeout(9), ibmvfc_bsg_plogi(9), ibmvfc_bsg_request(9), ibmvfc_reset_device(9), ibmvfc_match_rport(9), ibmvfc_match_target(9), ibmvfc_match_lun(9), ibmvfc_event_is_free(9), ibmvfc_wait_for_ops(9), ibmvfc_cancel_all(9), ibmvfc_match_key(9), ibmvfc_match_evt(9), ibmvfc_abort_task_set(9), ibmvfc_eh_abort_handler(9), ibmvfc_eh_device_reset_handler(9), ibmvfc_dev_cancel_all_noreset(9), ibmvfc_eh_target_reset_handler(9), ibmvfc_eh_host_reset_handler(9), ibmvfc_terminate_rport_io(9), ibmvfc_get_ae_desc(9), ibmvfc_get_link_state(9), ibmvfc_handle_async(9), ibmvfc_handle_crq(9), ibmvfc_scan_finished(9), ibmvfc_sdev_init(9), ibmvfc_target_alloc(9), ibmvfc_sdev_configure(9), ibmvfc_change_queue_depth(9), ibmvfc_show_log_level(9), ibmvfc_store_log_level(9), ibmvfc_read_trace(9), ibmvfc_next_async_crq(9), ibmvfc_next_crq(9), ibmvfc_interrupt(9), ibmvfc_tasklet(9), ibmvfc_init_tgt(9), ibmvfc_retry_tgt_init(9), ibmvfc_get_prli_rsp(9), ibmvfc_tgt_prli_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_send_prli(9), ibmvfc_tgt_plogi_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_send_plogi(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout_done(9), __ibmvfc_tgt_get_implicit_logout_evt(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout_and_del_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_implicit_logout_and_del(9), ibmvfc_tgt_move_login_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_move_login(9), ibmvfc_adisc_needs_plogi(9), ibmvfc_tgt_adisc_done(9), ibmvfc_init_passthru(9), ibmvfc_tgt_adisc_cancel_done(9), ibmvfc_adisc_timeout(9), ibmvfc_tgt_adisc(9), ibmvfc_tgt_query_target_done(9), ibmvfc_tgt_query_target(9), ibmvfc_alloc_target(9), ibmvfc_alloc_targets(9), ibmvfc_discover_targets_done(9), ibmvfc_discover_targets(9), ibmvfc_npiv_login_done(9), ibmvfc_npiv_login(9), ibmvfc_npiv_logout_done(9), ibmvfc_npiv_logout(9), ibmvfc_dev_init_to_do(9), ibmvfc_dev_logo_to_do(9), __ibmvfc_work_to_do(9), ibmvfc_work_to_do(9), ibmvfc_log_ae(9), ibmvfc_tgt_add_nvme_rport(9), ibmvfc_tgt_add_rport(9), ibmvfc_do_work(9), ibmvfc_work(9), ibmvfc_init_crq(9), ibmvfc_free_mem(9), ibmvfc_alloc_mem(9), ibmvfc_rport_add_thread(9), ibmvfc_probe(9), ibmvfc_remove(9), ibmvfc_resume(9), ibmvfc_get_desired_dma(9), ibmvfc_module_init(9), ibmvfc_module_exit(9)

like. the way that list just keeps going. iconic behavior honestly, iykyk 🧚

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💀 tiny note bestie: everything above is straight from the page, i didn't invent a single flag or function. we keep the facts, we just serve them with flavor 💅

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and that's the page!! 🎀 it comes to you from ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi, dated October 2026 — future-coded queen 👑. mwah, go allocate some queues responsibly 🦋💖