lpfc_start_fdiscs(9)

💅 lpfc_start_fdiscs(9) — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay bestie, welcome to lpfc_start_fdiscs(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving kernel-internals realness and I'm lowkey obsessed. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

lpfc_start_fdiscs — send fdiscs for each vports on this port. periodt. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void lpfc_start_fdiscs (struct lpfc_hba *phba );

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• phba — pointer to lpfc hba data structure. that's the main character argument right there 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

the way that this function loops through the list of vports on the phba and issues an FDISC if possible. 🎀

"if possible" is doing a lot of work here, bestie — no cap, that's the literal condition in the description. 🙈

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_hbadisc.c is where the source-file lore lives. and here's the whole bestie squad:

• lpfc_check_inactive_vmid_one(9), lpfc_check_inactive_vmid(9), lpfc_check_nlp_post_devloss(9), lpfc_dev_loss_tmo_handler(9)
• lpfc_sli4_post_dev_loss_tmo_handler(9), lpfc_alloc_fast_evt(9), lpfc_free_fast_evt(9), lpfc_send_fastpath_evt(9)
• lpfc_sli4_clear_fcf_rr_bmask(9), lpfc_fab_name_match(9), lpfc_sw_name_match(9), lpfc_mac_addr_match(9)
• __lpfc_update_fcf_record_pri(9), lpfc_copy_fcf_record(9), __lpfc_update_fcf_record(9), lpfc_register_fcf(9)
• lpfc_match_fcf_conn_list(9), lpfc_check_pending_fcoe_event(9), lpfc_sli4_new_fcf_random_select(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_rec_mbox_parse(9)
• lpfc_sli4_log_fcf_record_info(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_record_match(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_rr_next_proc(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_pri_list_del(9)
• lpfc_sli4_set_fcf_flogi_fail(9), lpfc_sli4_fcf_pri_list_add(9), lpfc_mbx_cmpl_fcf_scan_read_fcf_rec(9)
• lpfc_mbx_cmpl_fcf_rr_read_fcf_rec(9), lpfc_mbx_cmpl_read_fcf_rec(9), lpfc_init_vfi_cmpl(9), lpfc_issue_init_vfi(9)
• lpfc_init_vpi_cmpl(9), lpfc_issue_init_vpi(9), lpfc_create_static_vport(9), lpfc_issue_gidpt(9)
• lpfc_initialize_node(9), lpfc_nlp_logo_unreg(9), lpfc_unreg_hba_rpis(9), lpfc_find_vport_by_vpid(9)
• lpfc_fcf_inuse(9), lpfc_unregister_vfi_cmpl(9), lpfc_unregister_fcfi_cmpl(9), lpfc_unregister_fcf_prep(9)
• lpfc_sli4_unregister_fcf(9), lpfc_unregister_fcf_rescan(9), lpfc_unregister_fcf(9), lpfc_unregister_unused_fcf(9)
• lpfc_read_fcf_conn_tbl(9), lpfc_read_fcoe_param(9), lpfc_get_rec_conf23(9), lpfc_parse_fcoe_conf(9)

signing off from ./drivers/scsi/lpfc — dated October 2026 — page lpfc_start_fdiscs(9). slay and stay iconic 💖👑