ice_vc_fdir_insert_entry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ice_vc_fdir_insert_entry — the Kernel API Manual files this one under "insert & allocate" 🎀

okay so real talk, the official NAME line on this page is literally just the function name with nothing after the dash — iconic empty-shelf energy, the manpage said "no description, she speaks for herself" 💅 so we're rolling with that. this is a Kernel API Manual page, bestie, and it's about the Flow Director filter-conf list. buckle up 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_vc_fdir_insert_entry (struct ice_vf *vf , struct
       virtchnl_fdir_fltr_conf *conf , u32 *id );

like, that's the whole signature. three things in, one int out. slay 🫶

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • vf — pointer to the VF info 👑 (the virtual function we're doing all this for)
  • conf — FDIR configuration for each filter 🌈 (the actual filter settings being handed over)
  • id — pointer to ID value allocated by driver ⭐ (yes, it's a pointer — the driver hands the ID back through this)

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Insert FDIR conf entry into list and allocate ID for this filter. fr fr that's it — it goes in the list, it gets an ID. main character behavior, honestly 🎀

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 means true success 😭✨ and other values mean error. that's the whole vibe check: zero good, not-zero not good 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

first up, the source of truth, the Kernel file:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/fdir.c

and now the extended fam — the whole friend group, no one left out 🫶:

💖 lowkey the sweetest part: this page lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (the footer cut it off, iykyk 😭) and it's dated October 2026 — so she's from the future, obviously, main character energy only ✨👑

k bye bestie, go insert some entries, mwah 🍓💅

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