ibmvfc_retry_host_init(9)

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

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, poking at ibmvfc, and the host init didn't go perfect on the first try 😭. This little function is the vibe check that answers one (1) question: are we allowed to try that again? No cap, that's the whole gig.

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✨ NAME ✨

ibmvfc_retry_host_init — Retry host initialization if allowed 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ibmvfc_retry_host_init (struct ibmvfc_host *vhost );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• vhost — the ibmvfc host struct, i.e. the main character of this whole situation 👑

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✨ RETURN ✨

• 1 — yup, init will be retried 🔁
• 0 — nope, not happening 🙈

So it's literally 1 if init will be retried / 0 if not. Periodt.

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Bestie, the lore is extensive. Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c — and then every single one of these icons 🌸 (yes, all of them, I would never do you dirty by skipping any):

• 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_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_alloc_queue(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)

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and that's the whole ✨vibe✨, bestie — no notes, no crumbs. shoutout to the source at ./drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi and the October 2026 drop, this one's from the Kernel API Manual and it ate 💖🎀🦋