lpfc_hb_timeout(9)

✨ NAME ✨

hey bestie, welcome to lpfc_hb_timeout(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖. This page is literally about lpfc_hb_timeout — The HBA-timer timeout handler, periodt. 👑

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

okay so the signature is:

void lpfc_hb_timeout (struct timer_list *t );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• t — the timer context, bestie; you use it to obtain the pointer to the lpfc hba data structure. 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

So this is the HBA-timer timeout handler registered to the lpfc driver. When this timer fires, a HBA timeout event shall be posted to the lpfc driver work-port-events bitmap and the worker thread is notified. ✨

That timeout event is what the worker thread uses to invoke the actual timeout handler routine, lpfc_hb_timeout_handler. Any periodical operations will be performed in the timeout handler, and the HBA timeout event bit shall be cleared by the worker thread after it has taken the event bitmap out. no cap, that’s the whole flow 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file is ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c, and the whole squad is here — every single reference, bestie:

lpfc_config_port_prep(9), lpfc_config_async_cmpl(9), lpfc_dump_wakeup_param_cmpl(9), lpfc_update_vport_wwn(9), lpfc_config_port_post(9), lpfc_sli4_refresh_params(9), lpfc_hba_init_link(9), lpfc_hba_init_link_fc_topology(9), lpfc_hba_down_link(9), lpfc_hba_down_prep(9), lpfc_sli4_free_sp_events(9), lpfc_hba_free_post_buf(9), lpfc_hba_clean_txcmplq(9), lpfc_hba_down_post_s3(9), lpfc_hba_down_post_s4(9), lpfc_hba_down_post(9), lpfc_rrq_timeout(9), lpfc_hb_mbox_cmpl(9), lpfc_hb_mxp_handler(9), lpfc_issue_hb_mbox(9), lpfc_issue_hb_tmo(9), lpfc_hb_timeout_handler(9), lpfc_offline_eratt(9), lpfc_sli4_offline_eratt(9), lpfc_handle_deferred_eratt(9), lpfc_handle_eratt_s3(9), lpfc_sli4_port_sta_fn_reset(9), lpfc_handle_eratt_s4(9), lpfc_handle_eratt(9), lpfc_handle_latt(9), lpfc_parse_vpd(9), lpfc_get_atto_model_desc(9), lpfc_get_hba_model_desc(9), lpfc_sli3_post_buffer(9), lpfc_post_rcv_buf(9), lpfc_sha_init(9), lpfc_sha_iterate(9), lpfc_challenge_key(9), lpfc_hba_init(9), lpfc_cleanup(9), lpfc_stop_vport_timers(9), __lpfc_sli4_stop_fcf_redisc_wait_timer(9), lpfc_sli4_stop_fcf_redisc_wait_timer(9), lpfc_cmf_stop(9), lpfc_cmf_start(9), lpfc_stop_hba_timers(9), lpfc_block_mgmt_io(9), lpfc_sli4_node_rpi_restore(9), lpfc_create_expedite_pool(9), lpfc_destroy_expedite_pool(9), lpfc_create_multixri_pools(9), lpfc_destroy_multixri_pools(9), lpfc_online(9), lpfc_unblock_mgmt_io(9), lpfc_offline_prep(9), lpfc_offline(9), lpfc_scsi_free(9), lpfc_io_free(9), lpfc_sli4_els_sgl_update(9), lpfc_sli4_nvmet_sgl_update(9), lpfc_sli4_io_sgl_update(9), lpfc_new_io_buf(9), lpfc_vmid_res_alloc(9), lpfc_create_port(9), destroy_port(9), lpfc_get_instance(9), lpfc_scan_finished(9), lpfc_host_attrib_init(9), lpfc_stop_port_s3(9), lpfc_stop_port_s4(9), lpfc_stop_port(9), lpfc_fcf_redisc_wait_start_timer(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_redisc_wait_tmo(9), lpfc_vmid_poll(9).

lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_fault(9), lpfc_sli4_parse_latt_type(9), lpfc_sli_port_speed_get(9), lpfc_sli4_port_speed_parse(9), lpfc_sli4_async_link_evt(9), lpfc_async_link_speed_to_read_top(9), lpfc_cgn_update_stat(9), lpfc_cgn_update_tstamp(9), lpfc_cmf_stats_timer(9), lpfc_calc_cmf_latency(9), lpfc_cmf_timer(9), lpfc_sli4_async_fc_evt(9), lpfc_sli4_async_sli_evt(9), lpfc_sli4_perform_vport_cvl(9), lpfc_sli4_perform_all_vport_cvl(9), lpfc_sli4_async_fip_evt(9), lpfc_sli4_async_dcbx_evt(9), lpfc_sli4_async_grp5_evt(9), lpfc_sli4_async_cmstat_evt(9), lpfc_cgn_params_val(9), lpfc_cgn_params_parse(9), lpfc_sli4_cgn_params_read(9), lpfc_sli4_cgn_parm_chg_evt(9), lpfc_sli4_async_event_proc(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_redisc_event_proc(9), lpfc_api_table_setup(9), lpfc_log_intr_mode(9), lpfc_enable_pci_dev(9), lpfc_disable_pci_dev(9), lpfc_reset_hba(9), lpfc_sli_sriov_nr_virtfn_get(9), lpfc_sli_probe_sriov_nr_virtfn(9), lpfc_setup_driver_resource_phase1(9), lpfc_sli_driver_resource_setup(9), lpfc_sli_driver_resource_unset(9), lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup(9), lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_unset(9), lpfc_init_api_table_setup(9), lpfc_setup_driver_resource_phase2(9), lpfc_unset_driver_resource_phase2(9), lpfc_free_iocb_list(9), lpfc_init_iocb_list(9), lpfc_free_sgl_list(9), lpfc_free_els_sgl_list(9), lpfc_free_nvmet_sgl_list(9), lpfc_init_active_sgl_array(9), lpfc_free_active_sgl(9), lpfc_init_sgl_list(9), lpfc_sli4_init_rpi_hdrs(9), lpfc_sli4_create_rpi_hdr(9), lpfc_sli4_remove_rpi_hdrs(9), lpfc_hba_alloc(9), lpfc_hba_free(9), lpfc_setup_fdmi_mask(9), lpfc_create_shost(9), lpfc_destroy_shost(9), lpfc_setup_bg(9), lpfc_post_init_setup(9), lpfc_sli_pci_mem_setup(9), lpfc_sli_pci_mem_unset(9), lpfc_sli4_post_status_check(9), lpfc_sli4_bar0_register_memmap(9), lpfc_sli4_bar1_register_memmap(9), lpfc_sli4_bar2_register_memmap(9), lpfc_create_bootstrap_mbox(9), lpfc_destroy_bootstrap_mbox(9), lpfc_map_topology(9), lpfc_sli4_read_config(9), lpfc_setup_endian_order(9), lpfc_sli4_queue_verify(9), lpfc_sli4_queue_create(9), lpfc_sli4_queue_destroy(9), lpfc_setup_cq_lookup(9), lpfc_sli4_queue_setup(9), lpfc_sli4_queue_unset(9), lpfc_sli4_cq_event_pool_create(9), lpfc_sli4_cq_event_pool_destroy(9), __lpfc_sli4_cq_event_alloc(9), lpfc_sli4_cq_event_alloc(9), __lpfc_sli4_cq_event_release(9), lpfc_sli4_cq_event_release(9), lpfc_sli4_cq_event_release_all(9), lpfc_pci_function_reset(9), lpfc_sli4_pci_mem_setup(9), lpfc_sli4_pci_mem_unset(9), lpfc_sli_enable_msix(9), lpfc_sli_enable_msi(9), lpfc_sli_enable_intr(9), lpfc_sli_disable_intr(9), lpfc_find_cpu_handle(9), lpfc_find_hyper(9), lpfc_cpu_map_array_init(9), lpfc_hba_eq_hdl_array_init(9), lpfc_cpu_affinity_check(9), lpfc_cpuhp_get_eq(9), lpfc_irq_set_aff(9), lpfc_irq_clear_aff(9), lpfc_irq_rebalance(9), lpfc_sli4_enable_msix(9), lpfc_sli4_enable_msi(9), lpfc_sli4_enable_intr(9), lpfc_sli4_disable_intr(9), lpfc_unset_hba(9), lpfc_sli4_xri_exchange_busy_wait(9), lpfc_sli4_hba_unset(9), __lpfc_reg_congestion_buf(9), lpfc_get_sli4_parameters(9), lpfc_pci_probe_one_s3(9), lpfc_pci_remove_one_s3(9), lpfc_pci_suspend_one_s3(9), lpfc_pci_resume_one_s3(9), lpfc_sli_prep_dev_for_recover(9), lpfc_sli_prep_dev_for_reset(9), lpfc_sli_prep_dev_for_perm_failure(9), lpfc_io_error_detected_s3(9), lpfc_io_slot_reset_s3(9), lpfc_io_resume_s3(9), lpfc_sli4_get_els_iocb_cnt(9), lpfc_sli4_get_iocb_cnt(9), lpfc_write_firmware(9), lpfc_sli4_request_firmware_update(9), lpfc_pci_probe_one_s4(9), lpfc_pci_remove_one_s4(9), lpfc_pci_suspend_one_s4(9), lpfc_pci_resume_one_s4(9), lpfc_sli4_prep_dev_for_recover(9), lpfc_sli4_prep_dev_for_reset(9), lpfc_sli4_prep_dev_for_perm_failure(9), lpfc_io_error_detected_s4(9), lpfc_io_slot_reset_s4(9), lpfc_io_resume_s4(9), lpfc_pci_probe_one(9), lpfc_pci_remove_one(9), lpfc_pci_suspend_one(9), lpfc_pci_resume_one(9), lpfc_io_error_detected(9), lpfc_io_slot_reset(9), lpfc_io_resume(9), lpfc_sli4_oas_verify(9), lpfc_sli4_ras_init(9), lpfc_init(9), lpfc_exit(9).

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mwah 💋 — signed from the ./drivers/scsi/lpfc source tree, October 2026, on the lpfc_hb_timeout(9) page 💖