lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free(9)

💖 lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free(9) 💖

okay so we’re in the Kernel API Manual, and today’s main character is lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free(9) — a lil cleanup function whose whole job is freeing a receive buffer. slay. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free — frees a receive buffer. 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free (struct lpfc_hba *phba , struct rqb_dmabuf
       *dmab );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• phba — the HBA the buffer was allocated for.
• dmab — the DMA Buffer container returned by lpfc_sli4_rbq_alloc.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

It frees both the container and the DMA-mapped buffers returned by lpfc_sli4_nvmet_alloc. Both. The container, the mapped buffers, all of it. periodt. 🧹

🔥 NOTES 🔥

Can be called with or without locks held. So the lock vibe check is: either is fine. 💀

👑 RETURN 👑

None. No return value, no drama. 🎀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_mem.c.

The whole squad: lpfc_mem_alloc(9), lpfc_mem_free(9), lpfc_mem_free_all(9), lpfc_mbuf_alloc(9), __lpfc_mbuf_free(9), lpfc_mbuf_free(9), lpfc_nvmet_buf_alloc(9), lpfc_nvmet_buf_free(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_in_buf_free(9), lpfc_rq_buf_free(9).

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🎀 source/version: ./drivers/scsi/lpfc · date: October 2026 · page: lpfc_sli4_nvmet_free(9) 🎀