iwl_mld_can...n_protection(9)

💅 NAME 💅

iwl_mld_cancel_session_protection — bestie, this is the function that cancels the session protection. That's it, that's the vibe ✨

(it lives in the Kernel API Manual, page iwl_mld_can...n_protection(9) — yes the header truncates it, no we're not gonna fix it, it's iconic in a cursed way 🫶)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int iwl_mld_cancel_session_protection(struct iwl_mld *mld,
                                      struct ieee80211_vif *vif,
                                      int link_id);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mld — the mld component. literally the main character of this whole operation 👑
• vif — the virtual interface for which the session is issued. the who-is-this-for energy 🦋
• link_id — cancel the session protection for the given link. one link at a time, no cap 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so. This function cancels the session protection, which is, and I quote the vibe, "an act of good citizenship." 🫶 Like literally — being a polite little wireless citizen.

The tea ☕: if it's not needed any more, you should cancel it. Why? Because the other mac contexts are just sitting there waiting for the medium during that whole time 😭 like hello?? they're waiting?? So cancel it when you're done, bestie. It's the considerate thing to do. slay 🌈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 if successful — icon behaviour 💖

An error code otherwise — not the slay we were hoping for 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mld/session-protect.h
• session protection(9)
• struct iwl_mld_session_protect(9)
• iwl_mld_handle_session_prot_notif(9)
• iwl_mld_schedule_session_protection(9)
• iwl_mld_start_session_protection(9)

go read them, iykyk 📚✨

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and that's the page, babes 🧚 the source is ./drivers/net/wireless/intel/i... (truncated and mysterious, we stan a short king), October 2026, and it's all iwl_mld_can...n_protection(9) in the end — periodt 💜🎀