ice_mbx_clear_malvf(9)

💅 ice_mbx_clear_malvf — a kernel API moment (section 9, bestie)

okay so bestie, welcome to ice_mbx_clear_malvf(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual. Yes, section 9. Yes, it's a real function. Yes, it's lowkey iconic. Sit down, hydrate, and let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_mbx_clear_malvf — clears the VF mailbox info, periodt 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ice_mbx_clear_malvf (struct ice_mbx_vf_info *vf_info );

not me being a void function… she does the work and gives nothing back, main character energy fr 🔥

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vf_info — the mailbox tracking structure for a VF. that's her. that's the girl we're clearing out 🎀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe check: if a VF reset happens, this function shall be called to clear that VF's current mailbox tracking state. that's it. that's the whole job. she wipes the slate so the tracking state isn't out here living a lie ✨

like… think of vf_info as a notes app full of receipts and this function is the "delete all" button 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_mbx.c — go say hi 🌈

and the whole friend group, no cap:

• ice_aq_send_msg_to_vf(9)
• ice_conv_link_speed_to_virtchnl(9)
• ice_mbx_reset_snapshot(9)
• ice_mbx_traverse(9)
• ice_mbx_detect_malvf(9)
• ice_mbx_vf_dec_trig_e830(9)
• ice_mbx_vf_clear_cnt_e830(9)
• ice_mbx_vf_state_handler(9)
• ice_mbx_init_vf_info(9)
• ice_mbx_init_snapshot(9)

it's giving squad goals, ngl 💖

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🎀 the sign-off 🎀

shoutout to ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice for hosting the whole era, stamped October 2026, filed under ice_mbx_clear_malvf(9). periodt, bye bestie 🧚💜