STRUCT ISER_LOGIN_DESC(9)

✨ struct iser_login_desc(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 you clicked on struct iser_login_desc(9) and honestly? iconic choice. this is the tea on the iSER login descriptor, and we're gonna keep every single detail because that's the whole point, no cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct iser_login_desc — iSER login descriptor. that's it, that's the name, and it ate 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

okay so here's the struct exactly as it appears, character for character, because we do not mess with code in this group chat:

struct iser_login_desc {
    void *req;
    void *rsp;
    u64 req_dma;
    u64 rsp_dma;
    struct ib_sge                sge;
    struct ib_cqe                cqe;
 };

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👯 Members 👯

these are the members, bestie — every one of them, no skipping, periodt:

• req — pointer to login request buffer. it's giving "request buffer pointer" energy ✨
• rsp — pointer to login response buffer. yes, the response bestie 🫶
• req_dma — DMA address of login request buffer. lowkey important 🔥
• rsp_dma — DMA address of login response buffer. matching energy 💅
• sge — IB sge for login post recv. exactly what it says, no cap 🎀
• cqe — completion handler. the finisher, the moment, the completion handler 👑

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

the Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser/iscsi_iser.h struct link is right here, and these besties are all linked too:

• struct iser_data_buf(9)
• struct iser_mem_reg(9)
• struct iser_tx_desc(9)
• struct iser_rx_desc(9)
• struct iser_device(9)
• struct iser_reg_resources(9)
• struct iser_fr_desc(9)
• struct iser_fr_pool(9)
• struct ib_conn(9)
• struct iser_conn(9)
• struct iscsi_iser_task(9)
• struct iser_global(9)

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mwah 💋 this cutie comes from ./drivers/infiniband/ulp/iser, dated October 2026, and it's signing off as struct iser_login_desc(9) 🎀✨