devlink_port_type_clear(9)

💫 devlink_port_type_clear(9) 💫

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a short lil function page but she's got OPINIONS. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

devlink_port_type_clear — clears the port type, that's the whole gig 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void devlink_port_type_clear (struct devlink_port *devlink_port );

like, it returns nothing (void), it takes one thing, and it's done. no notes, she's efficient 🔥

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• devlink_port — the devlink port in question. that's it. that's the arg. 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

okay so here's the tea:

If a driver is calling this to clear the Ethernet type, it's most likely doing something wrong. 😭

not me side-eyeing your driver code rn 💀 fr fr, if you're reaching for devlink_port_type_clear on an Ethernet type, the kernel is basically looking at you like 🙈 — that's the warning, and it's real. take the hint, bestie.

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

all the siblings and cousins live in the Kernel file ./net/devlink/port.c — go say hi to the whole fam 💖

• devlink_port_init(9)
• devlink_port_fini(9)
• devl_port_register_with_ops(9)
• devlink_port_register_with_ops(9)
• devl_port_unregister(9)
• devlink_port_unregister(9)
• devlink_port_type_eth_set(9)
• devlink_port_type_ib_set(9)
• devlink_port_attrs_set(9)
• devlink_port_attrs_pci_pf_set(9)
• devlink_port_attrs_pci_vf_set(9)
• devlink_port_attrs_pci_sf_set(9)
• devl_port_fn_devlink_set(9)
• devlink_port_linecard_set(9)

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and that's the page!! 🌈 mwah 💋

sign-off time, and no i'm not skipping it: this lil icon comes from ./net/devlink and the date on the vibes is October 2026. literally a time capsule ⭐ go forth and clear your port types responsibly 👑✨