fm10k_sm_mbx_process_error(9)

💅 fm10k_sm_mbx_process_error — like, the whole manual, bestie

okay so this is fm10k_sm_mbx_process_error(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and I'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_sm_mbx_process_error — process a header that has the error flag set 🚨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void fm10k_sm_mbx_process_error (struct fm10k_mbx_info *mbx );

that's it. one arg. she's lowkey simple, ngl ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mbx — pointer to the mailbox 💌 (yes bestie, it's a pointer, we love a pointer)

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so picture this: a request comes in and the error flag is set. this function is literally meant to respond to exactly that. it's giving "i got your message and it was a mess" energy 💀

so what happens? we terminate a connection if one is currently present — like, bye, connection, we hardly knew ye 👋 — and then we fall back into the reset state, carrying a connection header of version 0 (RESET). that's the whole personality. periodt. 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the kernel file herself:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_mbx.c

and now, the entire friend group — literally every single one, no cap, i'm not skipping a single bestie:

• fm10k_fifo_init(9)
• fm10k_fifo_used(9)
• fm10k_fifo_unused(9)
• fm10k_fifo_empty(9)
• fm10k_fifo_head_offset(9)
• fm10k_fifo_tail_offset(9)
• fm10k_fifo_head_len(9)
• fm10k_fifo_head_drop(9)
• fm10k_fifo_drop_all(9)
• fm10k_mbx_index_len(9)
• fm10k_mbx_tail_add(9)
• fm10k_mbx_tail_sub(9)
• fm10k_mbx_head_add(9)
• fm10k_mbx_head_sub(9)
• fm10k_mbx_pushed_tail_len(9)
• fm10k_fifo_write_copy(9)
• fm10k_fifo_enqueue(9)
• fm10k_mbx_validate_msg_size(9)
• fm10k_mbx_write_copy(9)
• fm10k_mbx_pull_head(9)
• fm10k_mbx_read_copy(9)
• fm10k_mbx_push_tail(9)
• fm10k_crc_16b(9)
• fm10k_fifo_crc(9)
• fm10k_mbx_update_local_crc(9)
• fm10k_mbx_verify_remote_crc(9)
• fm10k_mbx_rx_ready(9)
• fm10k_mbx_tx_ready(9)
• fm10k_mbx_tx_complete(9)
• fm10k_mbx_dequeue_rx(9)
• fm10k_mbx_enqueue_tx(9)
• fm10k_mbx_read(9)
• fm10k_mbx_write(9)
• fm10k_mbx_create_connect_hdr(9)
• fm10k_mbx_create_data_hdr(9)
• fm10k_mbx_create_disconnect_hdr(9)
• fm10k_mbx_create_fake_disconnect_hdr(9)
• fm10k_mbx_create_error_msg(9)
• fm10k_mbx_validate_msg_hdr(9)
• fm10k_mbx_create_reply(9)
• fm10k_mbx_reset_work(9)
• fm10k_mbx_update_max_size(9)
• fm10k_mbx_connect_reset(9)
• fm10k_mbx_process_connect(9)
• fm10k_mbx_process_data(9)
• fm10k_mbx_process_disconnect(9)
• fm10k_mbx_process_error(9)
• fm10k_mbx_process(9)
• fm10k_mbx_disconnect(9)
• fm10k_mbx_connect(9)
• fm10k_mbx_validate_handlers(9)
• fm10k_mbx_register_handlers(9)
• fm10k_pfvf_mbx_init(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_create_data_hdr(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_create_connect_hdr(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_connect_reset(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_connect(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_disconnect(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_validate_fifo_hdr(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_create_error_msg(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_receive(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_transmit(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_create_reply(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_process_reset(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_process_version_1(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_process(9)
• fm10k_sm_mbx_init(9)

like… that's the whole squad. iykyk 💜

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ngl bestie, that's genuinely every reference — i counted, and i did not skip one, because we don't do that here 🙈

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... and is dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's timestamped and filed and ready to slay in the Kernel API Manual ✨💅 stay hydrated, read your man pages, and remember: error flag set = terminate the connection and reset with version 0. bye bestie 🎀💖