lpfc_sli4_eq_get(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

Hey bestie!! 💖 You just opened lpfc_sli4_eq_get(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? This one is a whole little queue-reading icon. Let's get into it. 🫶

🎀 NAME 🎀

lpfc_sli4_eq_get — gets the next valid EQE from a EQ. No cap, that's the vibe. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct lpfc_eqe * lpfc_sli4_eq_get (struct lpfc_queue *q );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • q — the Event Queue you're pulling the first valid EQE from. She's the main character here. 👑

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

Okay so here's the tea: this routine grabs the first valid Event Queue Entry from q, updates the queue's internal hba index, and hands you back the EQE. Slay. ✨

But lowkey, sometimes she returns NULL — specifically if there are no valid EQEs in the Queue (aka no more work to do), or if the Queue is full of EQEs that have been processed, but not popped back to the HBA. In those cases: NULL, bestie. That's the whole rule. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_sli.c is right here, and the whole friend group is literally:

Later, bestie! 💌 This page is sourced from ./drivers/scsi/lpfc, dated October 2026, and it's literally lpfc_sli4_eq_get(9) — periodt. 🫶✨

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