qla4xxx_check_existing_isid(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 qla4xxx_check_existing_isid — the kernel API tea 🎀

okay so bestie, gather round, because this little function from the Linux kernel API manual (kernel-doc, man 9 energy) is genuinely so simple and yet so iconic. Let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

qla4xxx_check_existing_isid — literally just checks if a target with the same isid already exists in the target list. that's the whole vibe check. no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int qla4xxx_check_existing_isid (struct list_head *list_nt , uint8_t *isid );

look at her. two args, returns an int. main character energy fr fr 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • list_nt — the list of target, bestie. that's the list we're digging through 🌸
  • isid — the isid to check. yes, THE isid. we're looking for a match 👑

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so this routine returns QLA_SUCCESS if a target with the same isid exists. that's it. that's the function. lowkey obsessed with how unbothered she is 😭✨

ngl there's nothing else in the description — no hidden lore — so don't go looking for more. this is the whole story 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this is the part where the manpage goes absolutely feral. like, the way this section just KEEPS GOING. she ate and left no crumbs 👑

Kernel file: ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c

and now, the full squad (all (9) manpage friends, in order, no skips, we don't do that here 💖):

like… 47 cross-references?? she's a social butterfly, we love that for her 🦋💜

and that's the whole page, bestie!! go forth and check those isids 🧚✨

💌 cute sign-off time: this lil beauty lives under ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, dated October 2026, and her whole name-and-number is qla4xxx_check_existing_isid(9). bye ily 🫶🌸
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