ice_devlink_reload_up(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes, that manual, the one that lives rent-free in /usr/share/man/man9. today's main character is ice_devlink_reload_up, and honestly? she's kind of a big deal. 🎀

Let's get into it. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_devlink_reload_up — do reload up after reinit 💅

like, the up half of the reload dance. reinit happens, and then this bad girl brings it back up. periodt. 👑

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_devlink_reload_up (struct devlink *devlink , enum
       devlink_reload_action action , enum devlink_reload_limit limit , u32
       *actions_performed , struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

she takes five args and returns an int, no cap. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • devlink — pointer to the devlink instance that's doing the reloading. literally the whole vibe, she IS the reload. 🧚
  • action — the action requested. yep, that's the one you asked for. 😌
  • limit — limits imposed by userspace, such as not resetting. so userspace gets to say "maybe don't" and this is where that lands. 🙈
  • actions_performed — on return, indicate what actions actually performed. so it's the receipts, basically — what actually went down vs. what you asked for. 📝
  • extack — netlink extended ACK structure. the messenger for when things get real. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c — go read the source, iykyk 📖

and the whole friend group, alphabetically-ish, all here, all iconic:

that's the whole roster, twenty-something besties deep, and yes i listed every single one because that's what we do here. 🫡

lowkey reminder bestie: this page floats around in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026. 🌸 that's the version, that's the date, don't @ me.

okay that's the whole page, go forth and reload up responsibly 💜🎀✨ byeee 🦋

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