zfcp_fc_sym_name_update(9)

💅 zfcp_fc_sym_name_update 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for zfcp_fc_sym_name_update(9) — yes the (9) means kernel-land, we're literally in the big leagues now ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

zfcp_fc_sym_name_update — grab the symbolic port name and then update it, no cap 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void zfcp_fc_sym_name_update (struct work_struct *work );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• work — the ns_up_work of the adapter, i.e. the one whose symbolic port name we're about to update. that's the whole assignment, she's got one job 💅

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the vibe: this function goes and retrieves the current symbolic port name — the one that may have already been set by the hardware using the GSPN request — and then it updates the fc_host symbolic_name sysfs attribute with it. like, fetch and refresh, main character energy ✨

and when we're running in NPIV mode (which means the port name is unique for this system, iykyk), it updates the symbolic port name to add Linux specific information, and then updates the FC nameserver using the RSPN request. two requests, one slay 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/s390/scsi/zfcp_fc.c — go read her, she ate:

• zfcp_fc_post_event(9)
• zfcp_fc_enqueue_event(9)
• zfcp_fc_incoming_els(9)
• zfcp_fc_ns_gid_pn(9)
• zfcp_fc_trigger_did_lookup(9)
• zfcp_fc_plogi_evaluate(9)
• zfcp_fc_test_link(9)
• zfcp_fc_sg_free_table(9)
• zfcp_fc_sg_setup_table(9)
• zfcp_fc_scan_ports(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 brought to you by ./drivers/s390/scsi, dated October 2026 — mwah, see u in the kernel logs 😭💜