qla4_8xxx_de...tate_handler(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 qla4_8xxx_device_state_handler(9) 🌸

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for qla4_8xxx_device_state_handler(9) and honestly it's giving main character energy for your storage adapter 💅

✨ NAME ✨

qla4_8xxx_device_state_handler — the adapter state machine 🎀

Like, literally the thing that runs the state machine for the adapter. She's the one keeping track of what phase the device is in. Obsessed.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int qla4_8xxx_device_state_handler (struct scsi_qla_host *ha );

That's the whole call, no cap. Returns an int, takes one pointer, periodt.

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • ha — pointer to the host adapter structure. Yeah, that's it. That's the whole parameter list. She's lowkey simple like that 🫶

🔥 NOTE 🔥

⚠️ The IDC lock must be UNLOCKED upon entry. Like, fr fr. Not locked. Unlocked. If you roll in holding that lock you are NOT slaying, you are just asking for trouble 😭 This is a caveat, not a vibe check you can skip.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_nx.c — that's where she lives 🏠

And the whole friend group, in the order the page lists them:

Go read those too, iykyk 👑

mwah 💋 that's the whole page. This one came from ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx and it's dated October 2026 — iconic of it, honestly. Now go forth and remember to unlock that IDC lock before you call her 🧚‍♀️💜

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