iscsi_iser_conn_start(9)

✨ iscsi_iser_conn_start ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the iscsi_iser_conn_start(9) era of the Kernel API Manual. this is the moment where we get the iscsi-iser connection up and running, and honestly? it's giving main character energy. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int iscsi_iser_conn_start (struct iscsi_cls_conn *cls_conn );

like, literally that's the whole vibe. one function, one argument, infinite possibilities. ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cls_conn — the iscsi class connection. that's it. that's the argument. she's the blueprint, the moment, the blueprint of the moment. 🫶

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💖 NOTES 💖

so here's the tea, bestie: this is where iser intialize (or re-initialize) stop_completion, okay? because from this point forward, iscsi must call conn_stop in session/connection teardown. and the way that iser transport must wait for it? yeah. no cap. 🙈

like, don't skip this step. the whole teardown choreography depends on it. it's giving "i'll wait for you" but make it kernel-level synchronization. 🦋

lowkey important: get this wrong and the teardown handshake gets messy. respect the stop_completion. periodt. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole iser family is here, and we're obsessed with every single one of them:

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.c — go read it, it's iconic 💜
• 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_create(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_bind(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_stop(9)
• iscsi_iser_session_create(9)
• iscsi_iser_session_destroy(9)
• iscsi_iser_conn_get_stats(9)
• iscsi_iser_ep_connect(9)
• iscsi_iser_ep_poll(9)
• iscsi_iser_ep_disconnect(9)

like, the whole squad. the entire iser friend group. iykyk. 🌈⭐

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and that's the page, bestie! this diva of a kernel function lives in ./drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser, and this manual drop is from October 2026. catch you on the next conn start! 🎀💖