lpfc_check_i...ive_vmid_one(9)

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💅 lpfc_check_i...ive_vmid_one(9) — bestie's guide to the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so real talk, the manual page is literally called lpfc_check_i...ive_vmid_one(9) in the Kernel API Manual (yes the title is truncated like that, don't come for me, that's canon 🫶). It lives in the kernel, it's part of the lpfc driver fam, and it does exactly one job. Let's get into it.

🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_check_inactive_vmid_one — the VMID inactivity checker for a vport. it checks, it finds idle stuff, it frees it. that's the whole vibe. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void lpfc_check_inactive_vmid_one (struct lpfc_vport *vport );

like, no return value, no drama, takes one pointer and gets to work. periodt.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vport — Pointer to the vport context object. that's the one and only thing you hand her, and she's off. 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so here's the tea: this function checks for idle VMID entries that belong to one particular vport. if it finds any of them sitting around unused/idle — like, not doing anything, just vibing rent-free — she frees them accordingly. ✨

not me describing memory cleanup as a glow-up but honestly? it is. she's tidying up the vport's VMID situation one inactive entry at a time, main character energy only. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole extended friend group, no cap. every single one of these is linked from this page, and yes i'm listing all of them because i would never do my girls dirty like that:

ngl if you're reading this page you probably got here from the source, so go say hi to the file above. she's the reason this doc exists. 🧚

okay that's the whole page!! shoutout to ./drivers/scsi/lpfc for hosting this iconic little function, and to the October 2026 date stamp that's just sitting there in the footer being all mysterious. slay, see you in the next manpage bestie 💜🎀🦋

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