devl_resource_register(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, <rainbow>devl_resource_register</rainbow> — it's literally the devlink resource register function 💅 like, that's the whole vibe, that's the name, periodt ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int devl_resource_register (struct devlink *devlink , const char
*resource_name , u64 resource_size , u64 resource_id , u64
parent_resource_id , const struct devlink_resource_size_params *params
);

like, look at her 👑 six arguments, one int, no cap fr fr 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • devlink — the devlink 🦋 yep that's it, that's the whole description, she's self-explanatory iykyk
  • resource_name — the resource's name 💖 like what you're calling this thing
  • resource_size — the resource's size 🌸 how big it is, that's the tea
  • resource_id — the resource's id ⭐ her little number, her identifier, her whole identity
  • parent_resource_id — the resource's parent id 🌈 who she belongs to, the family tree situation
  • params — size parameters 🎀 the parameters, specifically of the size variety

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so, the way that generic resources work 😭 bestie, they should reuse the same names across drivers — like, consistency is the moment, please don't make up a new name every single time, that's not the vibe check we're going for 🙈

please see the generic resources list at:

Documentation/networking/devlink/devlink-resource.rst

literally go read it, it's giving required reading 📖 ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success 👑 slay
  • a negative error code otherwise 💀 not slay, but that's what you get

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

go read all of them, i'm obsessed with a complete cross-reference list ngl 💜

okay that's the whole page bestie, mwah 💋 — this one's from ./net/devlink, dated October 2026, and it's devl_resource_register(9) if you needed the reminder, love u, go register some resources, bye 🎀✨

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