ice_sched_update_parent(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_sched_update_parent(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and we're about to make ice_sched_update_parent make sense, no cap. it's a tiny little function with a big job and honestly? it ate. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_sched_update_parent — update the new parent in SW DB

like, it literally just re-parents stuff in the software database. that's the whole vibe check. 💫

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ice_sched_update_parent (struct ice_sched_node *new_parent , struct
ice_sched_node *node );

look at that signature. it returns void. it does not return a value, it returns vibes. 💀

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • new_parent — pointer to a new parent node. this is the new main character, the one adopting the child 🫶
  • node — pointer to a child node. this is the baby that's getting moved, lowkey tragic but it's for the best 😭

both of them are struct ice_sched_node *, so keep your pointers straight, bestie, i'm begging 🙈

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the tea: this function removes the child from the old parent and adds it to a new parent. that's it. that's the function. it's giving "custody transfer but make it software" 💅

it doesn't ask questions, it doesn't send you a group chat notification, it just does the swap in the SW DB. iconic behavior, honestly. no cap. 👑

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

bestie. sit down. there are so many siblings. i'm not kidding. this function has the biggest family group chat you've ever seen and i'm listing every single one of them because we do not leave anyone out in this house 🫶

and the kernel file where all this lives:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_sched.c

yes that's all of them. yes i counted. no i will not be doing it again 😭

ngl bestie, the entire family lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice — if you get lost just go there and knock on the door 🚪✨

aaaand that's the page!! 🌈 this was brought to you by the ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice crew, dated October 2026, and titled ice_sched_update_parent(9) because obviously 💜 go forth and re-parent responsibly, bestie — you got this, fr fr 🫶🎀

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