ethtool_mmsv_event_handle(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ethtool_mmsv_event_handle(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, and yes we're doing this 💅 this page is all about ethtool_mmsv_event_handle, and it's lowkey a little function with one very specific job: telling the MAC Merge Software Verification (MMSV) machinery that an interrupt-based event just happened. no cap. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ethtool_mmsv_event_handle — the function that informs MAC Merge Software Verification of interrupt-based events 🦋 like, it's the messenger. it shows up, says "hey, something happened", and dips.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ethtool_mmsv_event_handle (struct ethtool_mmsv *mmsv , enum
       ethtool_mmsv_event event );

that's the whole signature, bestie — nothing sneaky hiding in there 🫶

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • mmsv — the MAC Merge Software Verification state. this is the state object, the whole vibe check for MMSV, and it's a struct ethtool_mmsv * so you know it's the main character here 👑
  • event — the event which took place, and the options are packet transmission or packet reception 📨. that's it! those are the two flavors 🍓

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

okay so here's the one thing you actually need to remember: the calling context expects to have interrupts disabled 😭 like, fr fr, this is not a drill. whoever calls this function is expected to already have interrupts off — that's the contract, that's the assignment, don't come at it any other way 💀

(it's giving "read the room before you call me" energy, and honestly? iconic.)

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go look at the Kernel file ./net/ethtool/mm.c — that's where the magic lives 💖 and while you're there, say hi to the whole friend group:

that's the squad, no members missing, i counted twice 🧚

💅 reminder bestie: mmsv is the state, event is transmission-or-reception, and interrupts must be disabled. that's the whole tea and i will not be spilling anything extra because that's literally all this page says 🍵

and that's a wrap on our little kernel moment 💫 this beauty comes to you from ./net/ethtool, dated October 2026 — ily, stay interrupt-free, and see you in the next manpage 🎀🦋✨

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