__bnx2x_vlan...rite_trylock(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

__bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_write_trylock — okay so this one tries to get the vlan mac writer lock, bestie. That's the whole vibe. It's giving "attempt" not "guarantee" 💅

(also hiii, this is a Kernel API Manual page, so welcome to the kernel-side of the group chat 🫶)

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_write_trylock (struct bnx2x *bp , struct
bnx2x_vlan_mac_obj *o );

Like, that's the whole call. Two args, one int coming back at you 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bp — the device handle. Your ticket to the hardware, no cap.
• o — the vlan_mac object. The thing you're actually trying to lock, queen 💖

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🦋 CONTEXT 🦋

Non-blocking implementation, okay? Non-blocking. So it's not gonna sit there and wait around like some clingy ex 😭

And this is the important bit: it should be called under execution queue lock. Like, you gotta already be holding that lock, bestie. Don't come in here unlocked, that's not the vibe. 🚨

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_sp.c — that's where the actual source lives, go read it, it's iconic ✨

And here's the whole extended friend group, every single one, no skips:

• bnx2x_exe_queue_init(9)
• bnx2x_exe_queue_add(9)
• bnx2x_exe_queue_step(9)
• bnx2x_state_wait(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_exec_pending(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_pend(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_write_unlock(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_lock(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_lock(9)
• __bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_unlock(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_h_read_unlock(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_set_cmd_hdr_e2(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_set_rdata_hdr_e2(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_set_rdata_hdr_e1x(9)
• bnx2x_set_one_mac_e1x(9)
• bnx2x_set_one_vlan_mac_e1h(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_restore(9)
• bnx2x_validate_vlan_mac_add(9)
• bnx2x_validate_vlan_mac_del(9)
• bnx2x_validate_vlan_mac_move(9)
• bnx2x_wait_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_complete_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_optimize_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_get_registry_elem(9)
• bnx2x_execute_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_config_vlan_mac(9)
• bnx2x_vlan_mac_del_all(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_get_next_bin(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_clear_first_bin(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_handle_restore_cmd_e2(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_handle_current_cmd(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_set_rdata_hdr_e2(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_refresh_registry_e2(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_set_rdata_hdr_e1(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_handle_restore_cmd_e1(9)
• bnx2x_get_fw_mac_addr(9)
• bnx2x_mcast_refresh_registry_e1(9)
• __atomic_add_ifless(9)
• __atomic_dec_ifmoe(9)
• bnx2x_init_credit_pool(9)
• bnx2x_debug_print_ind_table(9)
• bnx2x_setup_rss(9)
• bnx2x_queue_state_change(9)
• bnx2x_queue_comp_cmd(9)
• bnx2x_q_init(9)
• bnx2x_q_send_deactivate(9)
• bnx2x_q_send_activate(9)
• bnx2x_queue_chk_transition(9)
• bnx2x_func_state_change_comp(9)
• bnx2x_func_comp_cmd(9)
• bnx2x_func_chk_transition(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_func(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_port(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_cmn_chip(9)
• bnx2x_func_init_cmn(9)
• bnx2x_func_reset_func(9)
• bnx2x_func_reset_port(9)
• bnx2x_func_reset_cmn(9)
• bnx2x_func_state_change(9)

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Okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋

Sign-off time, and it's a cute one: this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadco... (yes it's truncated in the source, don't @ me 🙈), dated October 2026, under the __bnx2x_vlan...rite_trylock(9) banner. Slay, bye bestie! 🎀✨🦋