ice_fdir_alloc_flow_prof(9)

💖 ice_fdir_alloc_flow_prof 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — today's main character is ice_fdir_alloc_flow_prof, a little function that literally just sets up your FDir flow profile for you. no cap, it's giving "quietly doing important work in the background" energy 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_fdir_alloc_flow_prof — allocate the FDir flow profile structure(s). that's it, that's the whole gig 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_fdir_alloc_flow_prof (struct ice_hw *hw , enum ice_fltr_ptype
flow );

like, one function call, two args, and we're off 🦋

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🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so here's the tea ☕ — this function allocates fdir_prof and fdir_prof[flow], but only if they haven't already been created. it does not, like, re-allocate stuff that's already there. it's lowkey respectful of existing vibes 🙈

it returns 0 on success and a negative value on error. so if you get a negative back, that's the vibe check failing, bestie — handle it 💅

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• hw — the HW structure that contains the FDir flow profile structure(s). this is the holder of the goods, the container of the whole situation 🎁
• flow — the flow type you want the flow profile allocated for. like, which profile are we talking about, bestie? this one 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ethtool_fdir.c — that's the home base 🏠 and honestly, the friend group here is huge, so let's go:

ice_fltr_to_ethtool_flow(9), ice_ethtool_flow_to_fltr(9), ice_is_mask_valid(9), ice_get_ethtool_fdir_entry(9), ice_get_fdir_fltr_ids(9), ice_fdir_remap_entries(9), ice_fdir_rem_adq_chnl(9), ice_fdir_get_hw_prof(9), ice_fdir_erase_flow_from_hw(9), ice_fdir_rem_flow(9), ice_fdir_release_flows(9), ice_fdir_replay_flows(9), ice_parse_rx_flow_user_data(9), ice_fdir_num_avail_fltr(9), ice_fdir_prof_vsi_idx(9), ice_fdir_set_hw_fltr_rule(9), ice_set_init_fdir_seg(9), ice_create_init_fdir_rule(9), ice_set_fdir_ip4_seg(9), ice_set_fdir_ip4_usr_seg(9), ice_set_fdir_ip6_seg(9), ice_set_fdir_ip6_usr_seg(9), ice_fdir_vlan_valid(9), ice_set_ether_flow_seg(9), ice_set_fdir_vlan_seg(9), ice_cfg_fdir_xtrct_seq(9), ice_update_per_q_fltr(9), ice_fdir_write_fltr(9), ice_fdir_write_all_fltr(9), ice_fdir_replay_fltrs(9), ice_fdir_create_dflt_rules(9), ice_fdir_del_all_fltrs(9), ice_vsi_manage_fdir(9), ice_fdir_do_rem_flow(9), ice_fdir_update_list_entry(9), ice_del_fdir_ethtool(9), ice_update_ring_dest_vsi(9), ice_set_fdir_input_set(9), ice_add_fdir_ethtool(9)

like, the whole squad. iykyk 💀✨

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no cap, that's the entire page — everything above is everything the original said, just with better vibes 💜

okay that's a wrap bestie!! this manual page came to you from the kernel tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's filed under ice_fdir_alloc_flow_prof(9). slay, go allocate something 🌈💖🎀