ice_bst_parse_item(9)

💅 ice_bst_parse_item — from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the ice driver, the Boost TCAM is sitting there with a whole 704 bits of entry in it, and somebody has to actually read that thing. That somebody is this function. She's the parser. She ate. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_bst_parse_item — literally parses 704 bits of a Boost TCAM entry, no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ice_bst_parse_item (struct ice_hw *hw , u16 idx , void *item , void
*data , int size );

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. the main character, the hardware context itself 🫶
• idx — index of the Boost TCAM entry. which one we're looking at, iykyk
• item — item of the Boost TCAM entry
• data — the Boost TCAM entry data that's getting parsed
• size — size of the Boost TCAM entry

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

like, the whole extended friend group tbh — go say hi to all of them 💖

• The kernel file it lives in: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_parser.c
• parser core girlies: ice_parser_sect_item_get(9), ice_parser_create_table(9), ice_parser_create(9), ice_parser_destroy(9), ice_parser_run(9), ice_parser_result_dump(9), ice_parser_dvm_set(9), ice_parser_profile_init(9), ice_parser_profile_dump(9)
• tunnel squad: ice_parser_vxlan_tunnel_set(9), ice_parser_geneve_tunnel_set(9), ice_parser_ecpri_tunnel_set(9), ice_nearest_proto_id(9)
• imem crew: ice_imem_dump(9), ice_imem_bm_init(9), ice_imem_bkb_init(9), ice_imem_npkb_init(9), ice_imem_pgkb_init(9), ice_imem_alu_init(9), ice_imem_parse_item(9), ice_imem_table_get(9)
• metainit besties: ice_metainit_dump(9), ice_metainit_parse_item(9), ice_metainit_table_get(9)
• bst gang (our girl's home turf): ice_bst_tcam_search(9), ice_bst_tcam_dump(9), ice_bst_alu_init(9), ice_bst_pgkb_init(9), ice_bst_npkb_init(9), ice_bst_tcam_table_get(9), ice_bst_lbl_table_get(9), ice_bst_tcam_match(9)
• pg cam / nm cam / sp cam situation: ice_pg_cam_dump(9), ice_pg_nm_cam_dump(9), ice_pg_cam_action_init(9), ice_pg_nm_cam_key_init(9), ice_pg_cam_key_init(9), ice_pg_cam_parse_item(9), ice_pg_sp_cam_parse_item(9), ice_pg_nm_cam_parse_item(9), ice_pg_nm_sp_cam_parse_item(9), ice_pg_cam_table_get(9), ice_pg_sp_cam_table_get(9), ice_pg_nm_cam_table_get(9), ice_pg_nm_sp_cam_table_get(9), ice_pg_cam_match(9), ice_pg_nm_cam_match(9)
• ptype mk trio: ice_ptype_mk_tcam_dump(9), ice_ptype_mk_tcam_table_get(9), ice_ptype_mk_tcam_match(9)
• group chats: ice_mk_grp_dump(9), ice_mk_grp_table_get(9), ice_proto_grp_dump(9), ice_proto_off_parse(9), ice_proto_grp_parse_item(9), ice_proto_grp_table_get(9)
• flag readers: ice_flg_rd_dump(9), ice_flg_rd_parse_item(9), ice_flg_rd_table_get(9), ice_flg_redirect(9)
• xlt kb + kb parsing: ice_xlt_kb_dump(9), ice_kb_entry_init(9), ice_parse_kb_data(9), ice_xlt_kb_get_sw(9), ice_xlt_kb_get_acl(9), ice_xlt_kb_get_fd(9), ice_xlt_kb_get_rss(9), ice_xlt_kb_flag_get(9)

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lowkey a reminder that size is the size of the Boost TCAM entry and item is the item of the Boost TCAM entry — don't mix 'em up, bestie, that's giving chaos 💀

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kisses from the ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice directory, dated October 2026 — ice_bst_parse_item(9) out, slay forever 👑💅