qla4xxx_sys...n_persistent(9)

💅 qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_is_non_persistent — the Kernel API Manual cutie 💅

okay so real talk: this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_is_non_persistent. Yes the header up top got truncated to qla4xxx_sys...n_persistent(9) (the terminal ran out of room bestie, it happens to the best of us 💀) but the full name is the one right above. slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_is_non_persistent — check for non-persistence of ddb entry 🎀

like, is this flashnode entry gonna stick around or nah? that's the whole vibe check.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_is_non_persistent (struct device *dev , const void *data );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the dev associated with the sysfs entry. it's giving "who's your device, bestie" 🫶
• data — pointer to flashnode session object ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 1 — if flashnode entry is non-persistent 🙈
• 0 — if flashnode entry is persistent 👑

two possible outcomes, zero drama, periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the main character file lives at Kernel file ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c — go say hi 💖

and here's the whole friend group, not one of them is getting left out:

• qla4xxx_create_chap_list(9)
• qla4xxx_find_free_chap_index(9)
• qla4xxx_set_chap_entry(9)
• qla4xxx_mark_all_devices_missing(9)
• qla4xxx_queuecommand(9)
• qla4xxx_mem_free(9)
• qla4xxx_mem_alloc(9)
• qla4_8xxx_check_temp(9)
• qla4_8xxx_check_fw_alive(9)
• qla4_8xxx_watchdog(9)
• qla4xxx_timer(9)
• qla4xxx_cmd_wait(9)
• qla4xxx_soft_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_abort_active_cmds(9)
• qla4xxx_recover_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_do_dpc(9)
• qla4xxx_free_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_get_bidi_chap(9)
• qla4xxx_check_existing_isid(9)
• qla4xxx_update_isid(9)
• qla4xxx_should_update_isid(9)
• qla4xxx_is_flash_ddb_exists(9)
• qla4xxx_remove_failed_ddb(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_tgt_create(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_add(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_apply(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_login(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_logout_sid(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_logout(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_set_param(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_delete(9)
• qla4xxx_sysfs_ddb_export(9)
• qla4xxx_build_ddb_list(9)
• qla4xxx_wait_login_resp_boot_tgt(9)
• qla4xxx_probe_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_prevent_other_port_reinit(9)
• qla4xxx_remove_adapter(9)
• qla4xxx_config_dma_addressing(9)
• qla4xxx_del_from_active_array(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_wait_on_command(9)
• qla4xxx_wait_for_hba_online(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_wait_for_commands(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_abort(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_device_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_target_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_is_eh_active(9)
• qla4xxx_eh_host_reset(9)
• qla4xxx_pci_mmio_enabled(9)

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that's the whole page bestie, no notes 💅✨

sign-off szn 🎀 — this lil beauty lives under ./drivers/scsi/qla4xxx, dated October 2026, and answers to qla4xxx_sys...n_persistent(9) if you're yelling for it across the terminal. mwah 💖