ice_bridge_setlink(9)

💅 ice_bridge_setlink(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is called ice_bridge_setlink and honestly? it's giving "I set the vibe of the whole switch" energy 💅 let's get into it

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int ice_bridge_setlink (struct net_device *dev , struct nlmsghdr *nlh ,
       u16 flags , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the netdev being configured, aka the main character we're tuning up 💖
• nlh — the RTNL message, no cap that's literally what it is
• flags — bridge setlink flags, the little settings knobs bestie
• extack — netlink extended ack, it's giving "receipts for what happened" 📬

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what this function does is it sets the bridge mode (VEB/VEPA) of the switch that the netdev (VSI) is hooked up to 🫶 iconic behavior honestly.

it then iterates through the PF VSI list and sets the loopback mode (but only if it's not already set for all VSIs connected to this switch 👀 like it's not doing redundant work, she's efficient). and also — and this is the part i need you to not miss — it updates the unicast switch filter rules for the corresponding switch of the netdev 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this list is long long, like a whole group chat of related functions 🫶 but every single one matters, so here they are, exactly as they live in Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c:

ice_hw_to_dev(9), ice_get_tx_pending(9), ice_check_for_hang_subtask(9),
ice_init_mac_fltr(9), ice_add_mac_to_sync_list(9),
ice_add_mac_to_unsync_list(9), ice_vsi_fltr_changed(9),
ice_set_promisc(9), ice_clear_promisc(9), ice_vsi_sync_fltr(9),
ice_sync_fltr_subtask(9), ice_pf_dis_all_vsi(9),
ice_prepare_for_reset(9), ice_do_reset(9), ice_reset_subtask(9),
ice_print_topo_conflict(9), ice_print_link_msg(9),
ice_vsi_link_event(9), ice_set_dflt_mib(9), ice_check_phy_fw_load(9),
ice_check_module_power(9), ice_check_link_cfg_err(9), ice_link_event(9),
ice_watchdog_subtask(9), ice_init_link_events(9),
ice_handle_link_event(9), ice_aq_prep_for_event(9),
ice_aq_wait_for_event(9), ice_aq_check_events(9),
ice_aq_cancel_waiting_tasks(9), __ice_clean_ctrlq(9),
ice_ctrlq_pending(9), ice_clean_adminq_subtask(9),
ice_clean_mailboxq_subtask(9), ice_clean_sbq_subtask(9),
ice_service_task_schedule(9), ice_service_task_complete(9),
ice_service_task_stop(9), ice_service_task_restart(9),
ice_service_timer(9), ice_mdd_maybe_reset_vf(9),
ice_handle_mdd_event(9), ice_init_nvm_phy_type(9),
ice_init_link_dflt_override(9), ice_init_phy_cfg_dflt_override(9),
ice_init_phy_user_cfg(9), ice_phy_cfg(9), ice_check_media_subtask(9),
ice_service_task(9), ice_set_ctrlq_len(9), ice_schedule_reset(9),
ice_vsi_ena_irq(9), ice_vsi_req_irq_msix(9),
ice_xdp_alloc_setup_rings(9), ice_vsi_assign_bpf_prog(9),
ice_map_xdp_rings(9), ice_unmap_xdp_rings(9), ice_prepare_xdp_rings(9),
ice_destroy_xdp_rings(9), ice_vsi_rx_napi_schedule(9),
ice_vsi_determine_xdp_res(9), ice_max_xdp_frame_size(9),
ice_xdp_setup_prog(9), ice_xdp_safe_mode(9), ice_xdp(9),
ice_ena_misc_vector(9), ice_ll_ts_intr(9), ice_misc_intr(9),
ice_misc_intr_thread_fn(9), ice_dis_ctrlq_interrupts(9),
ice_free_irq_msix_ll_ts(9), ice_free_irq_msix_misc(9),
ice_ena_ctrlq_interrupts(9), ice_req_irq_msix_misc(9), ice_set_ops(9),
ice_set_netdev_features(9), ice_fill_rss_lut(9), ice_pf_vsi_setup(9),
ice_ctrl_vsi_setup(9), ice_lb_vsi_setup(9), ice_vlan_rx_add_vid(9),
ice_vlan_rx_kill_vid(9), ice_rep_indr_tc_block_unbind(9),
ice_tc_indir_block_unregister(9), ice_tc_indir_block_register(9),
ice_get_avail_q_count(9), ice_get_avail_txq_count(9),
ice_get_avail_rxq_count(9), ice_deinit_pf(9), ice_set_pf_caps(9),
ice_init_pf(9), ice_is_wol_supported(9), ice_vsi_recfg_qs(9),
ice_set_safe_mode_vlan_cfg(9), ice_log_pkg_init(9), ice_load_pkg(9),
ice_verify_cacheline_size(9), ice_send_version(9), ice_init_fdir(9),
ice_get_opt_fw_name(9), ice_request_fw(9), ice_init_tx_topology(9),
ice_init_supported_rxdids(9), ice_init_ddp_config(9),
ice_print_wake_reason(9), ice_register_netdev(9), ice_cfg_netdev(9),
ice_load(9), ice_unload(9), ice_probe(9), ice_set_wake(9),
ice_setup_mc_magic_wake(9), ice_remove(9), ice_shutdown(9),
ice_prepare_for_shutdown(9), ice_reinit_interrupt_scheme(9),
ice_suspend(9), ice_resume(9), ice_pci_err_detected(9),
ice_pci_err_slot_reset(9), ice_pci_err_resume(9),
ice_pci_err_reset_prepare(9), ice_pci_err_reset_done(9),
ice_module_init(9), ice_module_exit(9), ice_set_mac_address(9),
ice_set_rx_mode(9), ice_set_tx_maxrate(9), ice_fdb_add(9),
ice_fdb_del(9), ice_fix_features(9), ice_set_rx_rings_vlan_proto(9),
ice_set_vlan_offload_features(9), ice_set_vlan_filtering_features(9),
ice_set_vlan_features(9), ice_set_loopback(9), ice_set_features(9),
ice_vsi_vlan_setup(9), ice_vsi_cfg_lan(9), ice_init_moderation(9),
ice_napi_enable_all(9), ice_up_complete(9), ice_up(9),
ice_fetch_u64_tx_stats(9), ice_fetch_u64_rx_stats(9),
ice_update_vsi_tx_ring_stats(9), ice_update_vsi_rx_ring_stats(9),
ice_update_vsi_ring_stats(9), ice_update_vsi_stats(9),
ice_update_pf_stats(9), ice_get_stats64(9), ice_napi_disable_all(9),
ice_vsi_dis_irq(9), ice_down(9), ice_down_up(9),
ice_vsi_setup_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_setup_rx_rings(9),
ice_vsi_open_ctrl(9), ice_vsi_open(9), ice_vsi_release_all(9),
ice_vsi_rebuild_by_type(9), ice_update_pf_netdev_link(9),
ice_rebuild(9), ice_change_mtu(9), ice_set_rss_lut(9),
ice_set_rss_key(9), ice_get_rss_lut(9), ice_get_rss_key(9),
ice_get_rss(9), ice_set_rss_hfunc(9), ice_bridge_getlink(9),
ice_vsi_update_bridge_mode(9), ice_tx_timeout(9),
ice_setup_tc_cls_flower(9), ice_setup_tc_block_cb_ingress(9),
ice_setup_tc_block_cb_egress(9), ice_validate_mqprio_qopt(9),
ice_add_vsi_to_fdir(9), ice_add_channel(9), ice_chnl_cfg_res(9),
ice_cfg_chnl_all_res(9), ice_setup_hw_channel(9), ice_setup_channel(9),
ice_set_bw_limit(9), ice_create_q_channel(9), ice_rem_all_chnl_fltrs(9),
ice_remove_q_channels(9), ice_rebuild_channels(9),
ice_create_q_channels(9), ice_setup_tc_mqprio_qdisc(9),
ice_cfg_txtime(9), ice_offload_txtime(9), ice_open(9),
ice_open_internal(9), ice_stop(9), ice_features_check(9)

like i said. long long. but she ate 💅

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okay and that's the whole page bestie, no notes. 🎀 this is from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's stamped October 2026 — so like, future vibes but make it kernel documentation 🌈 you're welcome, go slay your bridge config 💖✨