ice_vc_validate_pattern(9)

💅 ice_vc_validate_pattern 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the actual manual, not a vibe. sit down, bestie, we're reading about network driver internals today 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_vc_validate_pattern —

ngl the NAME section on this one is literally just the function name and a lonely little dash 😭 no description, no nothing. she said "my name is enough." iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ice_vc_validate_pattern (struct ice_vf *vf , struct
       virtchnl_proto_hdrs *proto );

so she takes two things and gives you back a bool. that's the whole deal. no cap 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vf — pointer to the VF info. you know, the virtual function's whole little record of itself. very main character energy for that VF 💅
• proto — the virtchnl protocol headers. this is the pattern she's about to look over 👀

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

validate the pattern is supported or not. that's it, that's the whole job ✨ she looks at the pattern and goes "supported? or... not supported?" and that's her entire contribution to society and honestly? respect 🌈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• true on success 🎉
• false on error 💀

so if you get a false, something didn't check out. that's your signal, bestie, don't ignore it 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the file herself lives in:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/virt/rss.c

and then the whole friend group 🫶 — like, she does not work alone, she's got a whole squad:

• ice_vc_parse_rss_cfg(9)
• ice_vf_adv_rss_offload_ena(9)
• ice_is_hash_cfg_valid(9)
• ice_hash_cfg_reset(9)
• ice_hash_cfg_record(9)
• ice_hash_moveout(9)
• ice_hash_moveback(9)
• ice_hash_remove(9)
• ice_add_rss_cfg_pre_gtpu(9)
• ice_add_rss_cfg_pre_ip(9)
• ice_calc_gtpu_ctx_idx(9)
• ice_map_ip_ctx_idx(9)
• ice_add_rss_cfg_pre(9)
• ice_add_rss_cfg_post_gtpu(9)
• ice_rem_rss_cfg_post(9)
• ice_rem_rss_cfg_wrap(9)
• ice_add_rss_cfg_wrap(9)
• ice_parse_raw_rss_pattern(9)
• ice_add_raw_rss_cfg(9)
• ice_rem_raw_rss_cfg(9)
• ice_vc_handle_rss_cfg(9)
• ice_vc_config_rss_key(9)
• ice_vc_config_rss_lut(9)
• ice_vc_config_rss_hfunc(9)
• ice_vc_get_rss_hashcfg(9)
• ice_vc_set_rss_hashcfg(9)

that's the whole roster, no gatekeeping here 💜

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lowkey yes, this page lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and the version stamp says October 2026 — future-coded of her honestly 🧚

and that's the page, bestie! it's giving short-and-sweet, it's giving "the docs are minimal but the vibes are immaculate," and it's giving ice_vc_validate_pattern(9) forever 💖✨🍓