iscsi_iser_conn_create(9)

💫 iscsi_iser_conn_create(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for iscsi_iser_conn_create — literally the function that spins up a brand-new iscsi-iser</> connection for you. yes, it's giving low-level kernel realness and we're obsessed 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

iscsi_iser_conn_create — create a new iscsi-iser connection 🌈

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct iscsi_cls_conn * iscsi_iser_conn_create (struct iscsi_cls_session
*cls_session , uint32_t conn_idx );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap. it hands you back a struct iscsi_cls_conn *, bestie 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• cls_session — the iscsi class connection 🫶 (yes, that's what the manpage says, we're not gonna lie to you about it)
• conn_idx — the connection index within the session, and that's specifically for MCS babe, don't forget it 🔥

✨ RETURN ✨

you get an iscsi_cls_conn when iscsi_conn_setup succeeds — and NULL otherwise 😭 so like, vibe check your return value, fr fr.

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c — go read it, iykyk 📖✨

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, no one left out 💖:

• iscsi_iser_pdu_alloc(9)
• iser_initialize_task_headers(9)
• iscsi_iser_task_init(9)
• iscsi_iser_mtask_xmit(9)
• iscsi_iser_task_xmit(9)
• iscsi_iser_cleanup_task(9)
• iscsi_iser_check_protection(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_bind(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_start(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_stop(9)
• iscsi_iser_session_destroy(9)
• iscsi_iser_session_create(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_get_stats(9)
• iscsi_iser_ep_connect(9)
• iscsi_iser_ep_poll(9)
• iscsi_iser_ep_disconnect(9)

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ngl this one's short but it's still main character energy — every flag, every arg, every reference, all present and accounted for 👑

anyway that's the page!! brought to you by ./drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser, October 2026, and the iscsi_iser_conn_create(9) girlies 🌸 go forth and create connections bestie, mwah 💜🧚