libfc_host_alloc(9)

💖 libfc_host_alloc(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a kernel-page cutie and honestly it's giving "small but mighty" 💅

✨ NAME ✨

libfc_host_alloc — allocate a Scsi_Host with room for a local port and LLD private data 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct fc_lport * libfc_host_alloc (const struct scsi_host_template *sht
, int priv_size );

like yes that's the whole signature, no cap 😌

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sht — the SCSI host template. that's the blueprint, the vibe reference, the template bestie 🌈
• priv_size — size of private data. how much extra room you're asking for, fr fr 💜

👑 RETURN 👑

returns a libfc lport 🫶 (the libfc local port, slaying as always ✨)

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay buckle up because this list ate and left no crumbs — literally all the friends in the ./include/scsi/libfc.h kernel file 👑

• enum fc_lport_state(9)
• enum fc_rport_state(9)
• struct fc_disc_port(9)
• enum fc_rport_event(9)
• struct fc_rport_operations(9)
• struct fc_rport_libfc_priv(9)
• struct fc_rport_priv(9)
• struct fc_stats(9)
• struct fc_seq_els_data(9)
• struct fc_fcp_pkt(9)
• struct fc_seq(9)
• struct fc_exch(9)
• struct fc_disc(9)
• struct fc_lport(9)
• struct fc4_prov(9)
• fc_lport_test_ready(9)
• fc_set_wwnn(9)
• fc_set_wwpn(9)
• fc_lport_state_enter(9)
• fc_lport_init_stats(9)
• fc_lport_free_stats(9)
• lport_priv(9)

also the kernel file itself: ./include/scsi/libfc.h — go read it, iykyk 📖💖

and that's the page, bestie!! no notes, she's iconic 💀✨ this cutie came from ./include/scsi and is dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, mwah 💋🎀