ice_fill_tbl(9)

💖 ice_fill_tbl — bestie edition 💖

okay so today we're looking at ice_fill_tbl, from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-API girlies 💅). bucket list item: understand this function. let's go. ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ice_fill_tbl — literally reads the content of a single table type into the database. that's it. that's the whole job. and it ate. 🔥

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ice_fill_tbl (struct ice_hw *hw , enum ice_block block_id , u32 sid
);

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. the main character struct fr fr 👑
• block_id — the Block ID of the table to copy. which block, bestie.
• sid — the Section ID of the table to copy. which section inside that block.

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so what it actually does: it will attempt to read the entire content of a given table of a single block into the driver database. like, the whole thing. no crumbs left behind. 🍓

and here's the vibe check that matters ⚠️ — we assume that the buffer will always be as large or larger than the data contained in the package. that's the assumption. we are trusting the package on this one.

not me pointing out the obvious: if this condition is not met, there is most likely an error in the package contents. like, that's not a "hmm maybe" — that's a strong "yeah something's cooked in the package" 💀 so if you're seeing weirdness, check the package, not this function.

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

first up, the kernel file, right here:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_flex_pipe.c

and now… the friend group 🫶 (all of them, no gatekeeping, iykyk):

ice_sect_id(9), ice_hw_ptype_ena(9), ice_gen_key_word(9), ice_bits_max_set(9), ice_set_key(9), ice_acquire_change_lock(9), ice_release_change_lock(9), ice_get_open_tunnel_port(9), ice_upd_dvm_boost_entry(9), ice_set_dvm_boost_entries(9), ice_tunnel_idx_to_entry(9), ice_create_tunnel(9), ice_destroy_tunnel(9), ice_find_prot_off(9), ice_ptg_find_ptype(9), ice_ptg_alloc_val(9), ice_ptg_remove_ptype(9), ice_ptg_add_mv_ptype(9), ice_match_prop_lst(9), ice_vsig_find_vsi(9), ice_vsig_alloc_val(9), ice_vsig_alloc(9), ice_find_dup_props_vsig(9), ice_vsig_free(9), ice_vsig_remove_vsi(9), ice_vsig_add_mv_vsi(9), ice_prof_has_mask_idx(9), ice_prof_has_mask(9), ice_find_prof_id_with_mask(9), ice_prof_id_rsrc_type(9), ice_tcam_ent_rsrc_type(9), ice_alloc_tcam_ent(9), ice_free_tcam_ent(9), ice_alloc_prof_id(9), ice_free_prof_id(9), ice_prof_inc_ref(9), ice_write_prof_mask_reg(9), ice_write_prof_mask_enable_res(9), ice_init_prof_masks(9), ice_init_all_prof_masks(9), ice_alloc_prof_mask(9), ice_free_prof_mask(9), ice_free_prof_masks(9), ice_shutdown_prof_masks(9), ice_shutdown_all_prof_masks(9), ice_update_prof_masking(9), ice_write_es(9), ice_prof_dec_ref(9), ice_init_sw_xlt1_db(9), ice_init_sw_xlt2_db(9), ice_init_sw_db(9), ice_fill_blk_tbls(9), ice_free_prof_map(9), ice_free_flow_profs(9), ice_free_vsig_tbl(9), ice_free_hw_tbls(9), ice_init_flow_profs(9), ice_clear_hw_tbls(9), ice_init_hw_tbls(9), ice_prof_gen_key(9), ice_tcam_write_entry(9), ice_vsig_get_ref(9), ice_has_prof_vsig(9), ice_prof_bld_es(9), ice_prof_bld_tcam(9), ice_prof_bld_xlt1(9), ice_prof_bld_xlt2(9), ice_upd_prof_hw(9), ice_update_fd_mask(9), ice_update_fd_swap(9), ice_get_ptype_attrib_info(9), ice_add_prof_attrib(9), ice_disable_fd_swap(9), ice_search_prof_id(9), ice_vsig_prof_id_count(9), ice_rel_tcam_idx(9), ice_rem_prof_id(9), ice_rem_vsig(9), ice_rem_prof_id_vsig(9), ice_rem_flow_all(9), ice_rem_prof(9), ice_get_prof(9), ice_get_profs_vsig(9), ice_add_prof_to_lst(9), ice_move_vsi(9), ice_set_tcam_flags(9), ice_rem_chg_tcam_ent(9), ice_prof_tcam_ena_dis(9), ice_ptg_attr_in_use(9), ice_adj_prof_priorities(9), ice_add_prof_id_vsig(9), ice_create_prof_id_vsig(9), ice_create_vsig_from_lst(9), ice_find_prof_vsig(9), ice_add_prof_id_flow(9), ice_flow_assoc_fdir_prof(9), ice_rem_prof_from_list(9), ice_rem_prof_id_flow(9)

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ngl that's a whole group chat and every single one of them is invited. no cap. 💀💖

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and that's the page!! mwah 🫶 this all lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it was dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar bestie, and go read your tables. periodt. 👑🌈💅