lpfc_nvme_ls_req(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💜 lpfc_nvme_ls_req(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: it's a kernel API manual page, it's called lpfc_nvme_ls_req, and it's literally the moment a link service request gets yeeted out the door. we're in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc territory. buckle up 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_nvme_ls_req — Issue an NVME Link Service request 🔥

like, that's the whole job. issuing it. iconic behavior only.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int lpfc_nvme_ls_req (struct nvme_fc_local_port *pnvme_lport , struct
nvme_fc_remote_port *pnvme_rport , struct nvmefc_ls_req *pnvme_lsreq );
note the int return, bestie — this function does report back. no silent treatment here 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pnvme_lport — the transport localport that the LS is to be issued from. think of it as home base 🏠
  • pnvme_rport — the transport remoteport that the LS is to be sent to. this is where the request is headed, no cap 📬
  • pnvme_lsreq — the transport nvme_ls_req structure for the LS. the actual request payload situation, the main character itself 👑

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the vibe: the driver registers this routine to handle any link service request coming from the nvme_fc transport to a remote nvme-aware port. any. all of them. it's giving reliable friend energy fr fr 🫶

And the return value, because you know we have to talk about the return value:

Return value: 0 — Success. non-zero: various error codes, in the form of -Exxx 😭

so like — zero, slay, we did it. negative -Exxx? that's the kernel telling you something went sideways, and you should probably read the code. periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c plus this whole little family reunion of siblings, cousins, and distant relatives 👑:

ngl that's a lot of cross-references and I respect every single one of them 🍓

ok bye bestie, go issue some link service requests responsibly 💀✨

and that's a wrap!! this page lives in ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, it's dated October 2026, and it will forever be known as lpfc_nvme_ls_req(9) — mwah 💋🧚‍♀️

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