lpfc_els_rcv_rpl(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 lpfc_els_rcv_rpl(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🦋

okay bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and the star of the show is lpfc_els_rcv_rpl(9) — say it with me, it's giving "unsolicited rpl iocb handler" and honestly? iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_els_rcv_rpl — process an unsolicited rpl iocb. that's it, that's the vibe. 💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int lpfc_els_rcv_rpl (struct lpfc_vport *vport , struct lpfc_iocbq
*cmdiocb , struct lpfc_nodelist *ndlp );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • vport — pointer to a host virtual N_Port data structure. yes, the virtual N_Port. she's the main character here. 👑
  • cmdiocb — pointer to lpfc command iocb data structure. the command iocb in question, right there. 🎀
  • ndlp — pointer to a node-list data structure. the node list bestie. 🌈

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this routine processes a Read Port List (RPL) IOCB that showed up as an ELS unsolicited event. like, nobody asked and it arrived anyway — classic. 🫶

first thing it does is a vibe check on the remote port state. if the remote port is not in the NLP_STE_UNMAPPED_NODE and NLP_STE_MAPPED_NODE states? nope, not today — it invokes the lpfc_els_rsp_reject routine to send a reject response. periodt. 💀

otherwise (aka the port is in one of those states), this routine then invokes the lpfc_els_rsp_rpl_acc routine to accept the RPL. slay, mutual understanding, let her in. 💅

return code 0 — successfully processed rpl iocb (currently always return 0). not to be dramatic but the 0 is undefeated, it literally always returns 0. 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_els.c — and like, the whole extended friend group, no cap. every single one of these, bestie:

ngl, reading the whole SEE ALSO list is a workout, but you ate that. 💪✨

and that's the page, bestie!! 🎀🦋 this absolute gem lives in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and yes the page itself is literally lpfc_els_rcv_rpl(9) — mwah, no notes, 10/10, would read again. 💖💅👑

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