ib_device_d..._gid_updates(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

Okay so welcome to the ib_device_d..._gid_updates(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie. The function we're obsessing over is ib_device_disable_gid_updates — aka the “Clear the GID updates mark” icon. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ib_device_disable_gid_updates (struct ib_device *device );

That's the whole signature, no cap. It's void, so there's literally no return value to worry about. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• device — the device you're unmarking, periodt.

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So picture it: this gets called before GID table cleanup, and its whole job is to stop event handlers from accessing the device while it's being torn down. Literally protective bestie energy. 🫶 It's giving “don't come in here, we're cleaning up.”

Bestie, this is teardown safety: called before GID table cleanup to prevent event handlers from accessing the device while it's being torn down. Keep that in mind. 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/core/device.c, plus all these lovely little references:

• rdma_dev_access_netns(9)
• rdma_dev_has_raw_cap(9)
• ib_device_put(9)
• _ib_alloc_device(9)
• ib_dealloc_device(9)
• ib_port_immutable_read(9)
• ib_register_device(9)
• ib_unregister_device(9)
• ib_unregister_device_and_put(9)
• ib_unregister_driver(9)
• ib_unregister_device_queued(9)
• ib_register_client(9)
• ib_unregister_client(9)
• ib_get_client_nl_info(9)
• ib_set_client_data(9)
• ib_register_event_handler(9)
• ib_unregister_event_handler(9)
• ib_query_port(9)
• ib_device_set_netdev(9)
• ib_query_netdev_port(9)
• ib_device_get_by_netdev(9)
• ib_enum_roce_netdev(9)
• ib_enum_all_roce_netdevs(9)
• ib_device_enable_gid_updates(9)
• ib_query_pkey(9)
• ib_modify_device(9)
• ib_modify_port(9)
• ib_find_gid(9)
• ib_find_pkey(9)
• ib_get_net_dev_by_params(9)

And that's the whole vibe, bestie. Signing off from ./drivers/infiniband/core 💖 dated October 2026, living it up on the ib_device_d..._gid_updates(9) page. 🎀✨