lpfc_debugfs_ras_log_open(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

πŸ‘‘ lpfc_debugfs_ras_log_open(9) πŸ’…

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for lpfc_debugfs_ras_log_open(9) β€” yes it's a mouthful, no we're not renaming it, it's iconic as is 🫢


✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_debugfs_ras_log_open β€” opens up the RAS log debugfs buffer, that's the whole vibe πŸ¦‹


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

literally just those two args, no cap ✨


πŸŽ€ ARGUMENTS πŸŽ€

  • inode β€” the inode pointer that contains a vport pointer. it's giving "the inode is holding the vport for you" energy πŸ’–
  • file β€” the file pointer where we're gonna attach the log output. main character of the attach era πŸ™ˆ

πŸ’œ DESCRIPTION πŸ’œ

so this routine is the entry point for the debugfs open file operation, periodt. here's the lil glow-up sequence it does, step by step:

  1. it gets the vport from the i_private field in inode 🧚
  2. it allocates the necessary buffer for the log πŸ”₯
  3. it fills that buffer from the in-memory log for this vport ⭐
  4. then it returns a pointer to that log in the private_data field in file πŸ’…

like, it's so organized. obsessed honestly 🌈


😭 RETURN 😭

returns zero if successful πŸŽ‰ β€” on error it will return a negative error value πŸ’€ (so like, if you see a negative number, that's your sign something went sideways, fr fr)


πŸ¦‹ SEE ALSO πŸ¦‹

the kernel file itself, bestie:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_debugfs.c

and the whole extended fam, in order, no missing members 🫢:


πŸ’– and that's the page!! sign-off time β€” this one lives in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and it's literally lpfc_debugfs_ras_log_open(9) if you need to find it again. iykyk πŸŽ€βœ¨πŸŒΈ

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