__idpf_add_mac_filter(9)

💖 __idpf_add_mac_filter(9) 💖

welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the __idpf_add_mac_filter(9) page, and we're gonna get you comfy with it. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

__idpf_add_mac_filter — add mac filter helper function. that's the name, no cap. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int __idpf_add_mac_filter (struct idpf_vport_config *vport_config ,
       const u8 *macaddr );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vport_config — the Vport config structure. literally what it says.
• macaddr — the address to add. yep, that's the one.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so here's the tea: it takes the mac_filter_list_lock spinlock to add a new filter to the list. that's the whole description, bestie. 🎀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

go read these too — the kernel file and all the referenced functions, fr fr:

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_lib.c
• idpf_init_vector_stack(9)
• idpf_deinit_vector_stack(9)
• idpf_mb_intr_rel_irq(9)
• idpf_intr_rel(9)
• idpf_mb_intr_clean(9)
• idpf_mb_irq_enable(9)
• idpf_mb_intr_req_irq(9)
• idpf_mb_intr_init(9)
• idpf_vector_lifo_push(9)
• idpf_vector_lifo_pop(9)
• idpf_vector_stash(9)
• idpf_req_rel_vector_indexes(9)
• idpf_intr_req(9)
• idpf_del_all_flow_steer_filters(9)
• idpf_find_mac_filter(9)
• __idpf_del_mac_filter(9)
• idpf_del_mac_filter(9)
• idpf_add_mac_filter(9)
• idpf_del_all_mac_filters(9)
• idpf_restore_mac_filters(9)
• idpf_remove_mac_filters(9)
• idpf_deinit_mac_addr(9)
• idpf_init_mac_addr(9)
• idpf_cfg_netdev(9)
• idpf_get_free_slot(9)
• idpf_remove_features(9)
• idpf_vport_stop(9)
• idpf_stop(9)
• idpf_decfg_netdev(9)
• idpf_vport_rel(9)
• idpf_vport_dealloc(9)
• idpf_is_hsplit_supported(9)
• idpf_vport_get_hsplit(9)
• idpf_vport_set_hsplit(9)
• idpf_vport_alloc(9)
• idpf_get_stats64(9)
• idpf_statistics_task(9)
• idpf_mbx_task(9)
• idpf_service_task(9)
• idpf_restore_features(9)
• idpf_set_real_num_queues(9)
• idpf_up_complete(9)
• idpf_rx_init_buf_tail(9)
• idpf_vport_open(9)
• idpf_init_task(9)
• idpf_sriov_ena(9)
• idpf_sriov_configure(9)
• idpf_deinit_task(9)
• idpf_check_reset_complete(9)
• idpf_init_hard_reset(9)
• idpf_vc_event_task(9)
• idpf_initiate_soft_reset(9)
• idpf_addr_sync(9)
• idpf_addr_unsync(9)
• idpf_set_rx_mode(9)
• idpf_set_features(9)
• idpf_open(9)
• idpf_change_mtu(9)
• idpf_chk_tso_segment(9)
• idpf_features_check(9)
• idpf_set_mac(9)

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source/version + date check: this one lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026. bye bestie, go slay those filters 💅🫶