ice_mbx_traverse(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so bestie, this is ice_mbx_traverse(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the short version is literally Pass through mailbox snapshot 💅. That's the name and the one-liner, no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

here's the signature, bestie — copy it exactly, character for character 🫶

void ice_mbx_traverse (struct ice_hw *hw , enum ice_mbx_snapshot_state
*new_state );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

two args, both iconic:

• hw — pointer to the HW struct.
• new_state — new algorithm state.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Traversing the mailbox static snapshot without checking for malicious VFs.

so yeah — it's doing the mailbox static snapshot traversal, and it is not checking for malicious VFs. that's the whole description, bestie; no extra lore 💀✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the source file is the Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_mbx.c, and these are the related manual pages you should also peek at 👀:

• ice_aq_send_msg_to_vf(9)
• ice_conv_link_speed_to_virtchnl(9)
• ice_mbx_reset_snapshot(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_clear_malvf(9)
• ice_mbx_init_vf_info(9)
• ice_mbx_init_snapshot(9)

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okay that's it, bestie — source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, date: October 2026. mwah 💖🫶✨