iavf_add_cloud_filter(9)

✨ iavf_add_cloud_filter — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay bestie, so this one is from the iavf world (that's the Intel Adaptive Virtual Function driver situation, iykyk) and it lives in section 9 of the Kernel API Manual. the NAME line itself is literally just iavf_add_cloud_filter - with nothing after the dash — no cap, the description is blank — so consider this page the vibes-only deluxe edition where we fill in the blanks ourselves 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void iavf_add_cloud_filter (struct iavf_adapter *adapter );

that's it. that's the whole signature. no return value, she's void, she's at peace 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — the adapter structure 💖 this is the struct iavf_adapter * bestie you're handing over, and she's the one carrying all the state for this whole operation.

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what does she actually do? she puts in a request that the PF — that's the physical function, the parent energy, the main character — add cloud filters exactly as the user specified them via the tc tool. 🔥

that's the whole deal. you're not doing the filter-adding yourself, you're asking the PF to please do it, which is a very "can you ask your manager" move but honestly fair 🧚

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

buckle up babes, this is a long list and every single one of these girlies deserves her moment 💜

• iavf_send_pf_msg(9)
• iavf_send_api_ver(9)
• iavf_poll_virtchnl_msg(9)
• iavf_verify_api_ver(9)
• iavf_send_vf_config_msg(9)
• iavf_send_vf_ptp_caps_msg(9)
• iavf_validate_num_queues(9)
• iavf_get_vf_config(9)
• iavf_configure_queues(9)
• iavf_enable_queues(9)
• iavf_disable_queues(9)
• iavf_map_queues(9)
• iavf_set_mac_addr_type(9)
• iavf_add_ether_addrs(9)
• iavf_del_ether_addrs(9)
• iavf_mac_add_ok(9)
• iavf_mac_add_reject(9)
• iavf_vlan_add_reject(9)
• iavf_add_vlans(9)
• iavf_del_vlans(9)
• iavf_set_promiscuous(9)
• iavf_request_stats(9)
• iavf_get_rss_hashcfg(9)
• iavf_set_rss_hashcfg(9)
• iavf_set_rss_key(9)
• iavf_set_rss_lut(9)
• iavf_set_rss_hfunc(9)
• iavf_enable_vlan_stripping(9)
• iavf_disable_vlan_stripping(9)
• iavf_tpid_to_vc_ethertype(9)
• iavf_set_vc_offload_ethertype(9)
• iavf_clear_offload_v2_aq_required(9)
• iavf_send_vlan_offload_v2(9)
• iavf_enable_vlan_stripping_v2(9)
• iavf_disable_vlan_stripping_v2(9)
• iavf_enable_vlan_insertion_v2(9)
• iavf_disable_vlan_insertion_v2(9)
• iavf_virtchnl_send_ptp_cmd(9)
• iavf_print_link_message(9)
• iavf_get_vpe_link_status(9)
• iavf_set_adapter_link_speed_from_vpe(9)
• iavf_get_qos_caps(9)
• iavf_set_quanta_size(9)
• iavf_cfg_queues_quanta_size(9)
• iavf_cfg_queues_bw(9)
• iavf_enable_channels(9)
• iavf_disable_channels(9)
• iavf_print_cloud_filter(9)
• iavf_del_cloud_filter(9)
• iavf_add_fdir_filter(9)
• iavf_del_fdir_filter(9)
• iavf_add_adv_rss_cfg(9)
• iavf_del_adv_rss_cfg(9)
• iavf_request_reset(9)
• iavf_netdev_features_vlan_strip_set(9)
• iavf_activate_fdir_filters(9)
• iavf_virtchnl_ptp_get_time(9)
• iavf_virtchnl_completion(9)
• iavf_poll_virtchnl_response(9)

and if you ever wanna read the source herself, she's sitting right here in the kernel tree: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_virtchnl.c 📂✨ (yes, that's the Kernel file reference, go say hi to her)

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heads up bestie: this page is literally just the signature, one argument, and "ask the PF to add cloud filters via tc" — everything else here is cross-reference. no hidden traps, no dangerous caveats listed, so don't go inventing drama that isn't in the source 💀

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and that's the page! 🎀 this iconic little slice of documentation is brought to you by the kernel source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf, dated October 2026 — mwah, she ate, no crumbs, periodt 💅🦋👑