qla4_83xx_lo..._in_progress(9)

💜 qla4_83xx_loopback_in_progress — a Kernel API Manual moment 💜

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and the star of the show is literally qla4_83xx_loopback_in_progress ✨ yes the name is a whole mouthful, the header just calls it qla4_83xx_lo..._in_progress(9) because even the manpage was like "girl that's too long" 😭 anyway. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

qla4_83xx_loopback_in_progress — is loopback in progress? that's it. that's the whole question 👑 the function exists to answer it, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qla4_83xx_loopback_in_progress (struct scsi_qla_host *ha );

int in, host adapter pointer, that's the vibe 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ha — Pointer to host adapter structure. literally just hand it your struct scsi_qla_host * and it's good to go 🎀

⭐ RETURN ⭐

the answer is giving binary, bestie:

• 1 = loopback in progress 🔥
• 0 = loopback not in progress 💀

no in-between, no "maybe", no situationships 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

all the siblings and cousins, iykyk 💖 this one lives in the kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_isr.c, and while you're there say hi to:

• qla4xxx_copy_sense(9)
• qla4xxx_status_cont_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_status_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_passthru_status_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_process_response_queue(9)
• qla4xxx_isr_decode_mailbox(9)
• qla4_82xx_interrupt_service_routine(9)
• qla4xxx_interrupt_service_routine(9)
• qla4_82xx_spurious_interrupt(9)
• qla4xxx_intr_handler(9)
• qla4_82xx_intr_handler(9)
• qla4_83xx_intr_handler(9)
• qla4_8xxx_default_intr_handler(9)
• qla4xxx_process_aen(9)

like, the whole friend group showed up to the function's birthday party 🎉🫶

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tiny vibe check: this page came out of ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx and it's dated October 2026, so when you're reading this just know the source tree and the date are lowkey part of the whole aesthetic 💅✨ mwah, go read some kernel code bestie, you're gonna slay 🧚‍♀️💜