lpfc_debugfs_lockstat_open(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

lpfc_debugfs_lockstat_open(9) β€” Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the group chat for this kernel API page β€” it’s giving β€œdebugfs open handler” energy and we’re gonna walk through it together, no cap πŸ’…

πŸ’– NAME πŸ’–

lpfc_debugfs_lockstat_open β€” open the lockstat debugfs buffer πŸŽ€

πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

int lpfc_debugfs_lockstat_open (struct inode *inode , struct file *file
);

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • inode β€” the inode pointer that contains a vport pointer. literally the little container holding that vport pointer, iykyk 🫢
  • file β€” the file pointer to attach the log output to. it’s giving β€œwhere the log output goes” energy ✨

πŸ’… DESCRIPTION πŸ’…

okay so this routine is the entry point for the debugfs open file operation. periodt.

Here’s the whole sequence, bestie: it gets the vport from the i_private field in inode, allocates the necessary buffer for the log, fills the buffer from the in-memory log for this vport, and then returns a pointer to that log in the private_data field in file. slay πŸ’…

⭐ RETURN ⭐

This function returns zero if successful. On error it will return a negative error value β€” write that down, bestie, and keep it cute 🫢

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay bye bestie πŸ’– this page’s source/version is ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and it’s the lpfc_debugfs_lockstat_open(9) page from the Kernel API Manual β€” byeee ✨🫢

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