ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release(9)

💖 ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release — the Kernel API Manual is literally shaking rn

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today (yes, that one) and the star of the show is ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release. it's giving "cleanup era" and honestly? iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release — invalidate the VF's control VSI after freeing it 🧚

the way this function's whole job is *invalidate the thing after you freed it*… no cap, it's the "delete the group chat after you already left it" of the kernel. love that for us.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release (struct ice_vf *vf );

that's it. that's the whole signature. void, no return value, just vibes and a pointer 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vf — the VF that the control VSI is being released on. bestie, this is the VF in question, the main character of the operation. it's a struct ice_vf *, and that's the whole assignment 💅

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group shows up for this one — every single one is tagged (9), periodt:

• ice_get_vf_by_id(9), ice_release_vf(9), ice_put_vf(9), ice_has_vfs(9)
• ice_get_num_vfs(9), ice_get_vf_vsi(9), ice_is_vf_disabled(9), ice_wait_on_vf_reset(9)
• ice_check_vf_ready_for_cfg(9), ice_trigger_vf_reset(9), ice_vf_pre_vsi_rebuild(9), ice_vf_reconfig_vsi(9)
• ice_vf_rebuild_vsi(9), ice_vf_rebuild_host_vlan_cfg(9), ice_vf_rebuild_host_tx_rate_cfg(9), ice_vf_set_host_trust_cfg(9)
• ice_vf_rebuild_host_mac_cfg(9), ice_vf_rebuild_aggregator_node_cfg(9), ice_vf_rebuild_host_cfg(9), ice_set_vf_state_qs_dis(9)
• ice_vf_set_initialized(9), ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild(9), ice_is_any_vf_in_unicast_promisc(9), ice_vf_get_promisc_masks(9)
• ice_vf_clear_all_promisc_modes(9), ice_vf_set_vsi_promisc(9), ice_vf_clear_vsi_promisc(9), ice_reset_vf_mbx_cnt(9)
• ice_reset_all_vfs(9), ice_notify_vf_reset(9), ice_reset_interrupts(9), ice_reset_vf(9)
• ice_set_vf_state_dis(9), ice_initialize_vf_entry(9), ice_dis_vf_qs(9), ice_err_to_virt_err(9)
• ice_check_vf_init(9), ice_vf_get_port_info(9), ice_cfg_mac_antispoof(9), ice_vsi_ena_spoofchk(9)
• ice_vsi_dis_spoofchk(9), ice_vsi_apply_spoofchk(9), ice_is_vf_trusted(9), ice_vf_has_no_qs_ena(9)
• ice_is_vf_link_up(9), ice_vf_ctrl_invalidate_vsi(9), ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_setup(9), ice_vf_init_host_cfg(9)
• ice_vf_invalidate_vsi(9), ice_vf_vsi_release(9), ice_get_vf_ctrl_vsi(9), ice_vf_update_mac_lldp_num(9)

also the kernel file itself, right here on the syllabus: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_vf_lib.c — that's where the lore lives, iykyk 📖

ngl, if you're looking for ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_setup (the glow-up before the release) or ice_vf_ctrl_invalidate_vsi, they're both sitting right there in the list above. the ctrl-VSI cinematic universe is fully connected ✨

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💜 the sign-off 💜

this lil page comes to you straight out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026. so like… the source is the ice driver directory, bestie, and the date is October 2026. slay, ate, no crumbs 🌈⭐💅