lpfc_mem_free(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 lpfc_mem_free — the cleanup girlie of the lpfc kernel API

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is lpfc_mem_free(9). she's the counterpart, the other half, the exit-stage-left to lpfc_mem_alloc. no cap. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_mem_free — literally frees the memory that got allocated by lpfc_mem_alloc. that's it. that's the whole job. and she ate 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void lpfc_mem_free (struct lpfc_hba *phba );

one function, one arg, zero drama. we love a signature that fits on one line 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • phba — the HBA you're freeing memory for. that's *H*ost *B*us *A*dapter energy, bestie, and she's the main character here 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so picture this: lpfc_mem_alloc did its little allocation moment, right? and now it's time to clean up. lpfc_mem_free is the one who frees all that memory — she's the counterpart of lpfc_mem_alloc, the matching set, the friendship bracelet of the lpfc memory API 😭💖

so like, alloc and free. two halves of one iconic duo. you literally cannot have one without the other (well, you can, but that's a leak and we don't do that here) 🧚

⭐ RETURN ⭐

None. nothing. nada. void. she does the thing and she leaves, no receipts, no return value, no extra commentary 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole squad, fr fr — all of these are in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c:

💡 reminder that lpfc_mem_free is the pair of lpfc_mem_alloc — if you're here because of an alloc, you're in the right place. slay 🔥

okay that's the page!! this whole thing lives under ./drivers/scsi/lpfc and it's stamped October 2026 — see you then, bestie, mwah 🍓💜🌸

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