lpfc_nvmet_buf_free(9)

💖 lpfc_nvmet_buf_free(9) — your Kernel API Manual bestie 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the little cleanup baddie of the lpfc world: lpfc_nvmet_buf_free. It frees an nvmet_buf from the lpfc_sg_dma_buf_pool PCI pool. iconic behavior, honestly ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

lpfc_nvmet_buf_free — Free an nvmet_buf from the lpfc_sg_dma_buf_pool PCI pool. 🧚

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole signature, copy it exactly and don't get cute with it:

void lpfc_nvmet_buf_free (struct lpfc_hba *phba , void *virt ,
       dma_addr_t dma );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phba — the HBA which owns the pool to return to. yes ma'am, that HBA 🫶
• virt — the nvmet_buf to free. bye bestie 💅
• dma — the DMA-mapped address of the lpfc_sg_dma_buf_pool to be freed. that's the DMA address, not a vibe check 😭

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💅 RETURN 💅

None. literally none. no return value, periodt. 🔥

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c and the whole friend group:

• lpfc_mem_alloc(9)
• lpfc_mem_free(9)
• lpfc_mem_free_all(9)
• lpfc_mbuf_alloc(9)
• __lpfc_mbuf_free(9) — yes, double underscore, don't play with me 🙈
• lpfc_mbuf_free(9)
• lpfc_nvmet_buf_alloc(9)
• lpfc_els_hbq_alloc(9)
• lpfc_els_hbq_free(9)
• lpfc_sli4_rb_alloc(9)
• lpfc_sli4_rb_free(9)
• lpfc_sli4_nvmet_alloc(9)
• lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free(9)
• lpfc_in_buf_free(9)
• lpfc_rq_buf_free(9)

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okay that's the whole page, bestie! this one comes from ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and it's literally lpfc_nvmet_buf_free(9) — slay and goodbye 💋🌈