ethtool_mmsv_get_mm(9)

💅 ethtool_mmsv_get_mm(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's about a tiny little function called ethtool_mmsv_get_mm — and before you ask, yes, "mm" here is MAC Merge, and yes, the "sv" is Software Verification, and yes, it's giving very niche-but-important energy. 🎀 Let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

ethtool_mmsv_get_mm — the get_mm() hook for MAC Merge Software Verification, no cap 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ethtool_mmsv_get_mm (struct ethtool_mmsv *mmsv , struct
       ethtool_mm_state *state );

It returns void, so like… it's not giving you anything back directly. It's giving through the pointers, and honestly? Iconic behavior. 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• mmsv — the MAC Merge Software Verification state. This is the main character of the whole little struct situation. 👑
• state — see struct ethtool_mm_state. That's it, that's the whole description, and we respect the brevity. ✨

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So here's the vibe check: drivers are expected to call this from their ethtool_ops :: get_mm method. That's the whole bit. Literally. Not me exaggerating — that's the assignment, and it's lowkey everything. 🧚

Careful with that :: there, bestie — it's part of the method reference exactly as written, so don't go "cleaning it up." 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./net/ethtool/mm.c
• ethtool_mmsv_verify_timer(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_stop(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_link_state_handle(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_event_handle(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_set_mm(9)
• ethtool_mmsv_init(9)

Go read the whole squad, they all hang out together in that one file — iykyk 💜

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Alright bestie, that's the page! 🌈 This one comes to you from ./net/ethtool, dated October 2026 — so go forth and call your get_mm hook correctly, mwah 💋⭐🍓