lpfc_init_iocb_list(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 lpfc_init_iocb_list 💖 — yes bestie, we're allocating the IOCB list

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (kernel API), and it's about one lil function that sets up the driver's IOCB list. sounds intense? it's fine. we got this. 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_init_iocb_list — Allocate and initialize iocb list. that's it, that's the whole vibe ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int lpfc_init_iocb_list (struct lpfc_hba *phba , int iocb_count );

like, look at her. two arguments, returns an int, no notes 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • phba — pointer to lpfc hba data structure. literally the hba, in pointer form. main character energy, she gets passed around everywhere 🦋
  • iocb_count — number of requested iocbs. you want this many iocbs, bestie, no cap 🍓

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so this routine is invoked to allocate and initialize the driver's IOCB list — and while it's at it, it sets up the IOCB tag array accordingly. two jobs, one function, ate and left no crumbs 🔥

then there's the return situation:

Return codes: 0 — successful. any other value — error. 😭

so like. zero means slay. not-zero means it's giving problem. check your return value, i'm begging 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_init.c — and honestly the whole friend group is listed here, so buckle up bestie, it's a long one:

and that's the whole page bestie, you're officially an lpfc girlie now 💅✨

source: ./drivers/scsi/lpfc · dated: October 2026 — mwah, go touch some hardware 🎀🦋

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