devl_port_he...orter_create(9)

💅 devl_port_he...orter_create(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, and yes you're gonna read it, because this lil function is lowkey iconic. It's devl_port_he...orter_create(9) (the abbreviated title, not me glitching, that's literally how it's printed ✨) and it does exactly one thing: it creates a devlink health reporter for a specified port instance. That's the whole vibe. 🩺

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🎀 NAME

devl_port_health_reporter_create — create devlink health reporter for specified port instance 💖

fr fr that's the job. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS

struct devlink_health_reporter * devl_port_health_reporter_create
(struct devlink_port *port , const struct devlink_health_reporter_ops
*ops , void *priv );

look at her. three args, returns a struct devlink_health_reporter *. main character energy honestly 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• port — the devlink_port to which health reports will relate 🫶 like, this is the port your health reports are gonna be all about, bestie, don't mix it up
• ops — the devlink health reporter ops 🌸 the operations, the behavior, the whole personality of the reporter
• priv — driver priv pointer 🎀 your driver's own lil private pointer, along for the ride

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👑 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./net/devlink/health.c 📁 (yes, that's where the magic lives)
• devl_health_reporter_create(9)
• devl_health_reporter_destroy(9) — the cleanup queen, she comes later 💀
• devlink_fmsg_dump_skb(9)

iykyk 🌈

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and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 this lil page came from ./net/devlink, version October 2026, title devl_port_he...orter_create(9) — go forth and create those reporters, slay 💅💜