ice_vsi_init(9)

💖 ice_vsi_init — Create and initialize a VSI 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 (that's the kernel internals girlies 💅), and it's all about ice_vsi_init. Buckle up, this one's a baddie.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ice_vsi_init (struct ice_vsi *vsi , u32 vsi_flags );

literally just a function that returns an int and takes two things. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• vsi — the VSI that's getting configured, like she's the main character here 👑
• vsi_flags — the VSI configuration flags. the little settings that tell her what mood we're in 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea bestie ☕ — you set ICE_FLAG_VSI_INIT when you want to initialize a brand new VSI context, and you clear it when you're reconfiguring an existing context. new girl vs. glow-up, you feel me? ✨

what this function actually does: it initializes a VSI context depending on the VSI type being added, and then passes that context down to the add_vsi aq command so a new VSI gets created. no cap, that's the whole flow 🫶

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c

and now, the friend group. this is a long list, so brace yourself, we're going through all of them because every single one is iconic in her own way 💀:

ice_vsi_type_str(9), ice_vsi_ctrl_all_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_alloc_arrays(9), ice_vsi_set_num_desc(9), ice_vsi_set_num_qs(9), ice_get_free_slot(9), ice_vsi_delete_from_hw(9), ice_vsi_free_arrays(9), ice_vsi_free_stats(9), ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats(9), ice_vsi_free(9), ice_msix_clean_ctrl_vsi(9), ice_msix_clean_rings(9), ice_vsi_alloc_stat_arrays(9), ice_vsi_alloc_def(9), ice_vsi_alloc(9), ice_alloc_fd_res(9), ice_vsi_get_qs(9), ice_vsi_put_qs(9), ice_is_safe_mode(9), ice_is_rdma_ena(9), ice_vsi_clean_rss_flow_fld(9), ice_rss_clean(9), ice_vsi_set_rss_params(9), ice_set_dflt_vsi_ctx(9), ice_vsi_setup_q_map(9), ice_set_fd_vsi_ctx(9), ice_set_rss_vsi_ctx(9), ice_vsi_is_vlan_pruning_ena(9), ice_vsi_clear_rings(9), ice_vsi_alloc_rings(9), ice_vsi_manage_rss_lut(9), ice_vsi_cfg_crc_strip(9), ice_vsi_cfg_rss_lut_key(9), ice_vsi_set_vf_rss_flow_fld(9), ice_vsi_set_rss_flow_fld(9), ice_pf_state_is_nominal(9), ice_update_eth_stats(9), ice_write_qrxflxp_cntxt(9), ice_intrl_usec_to_reg(9), ice_write_intrl(9), __ice_write_itr(9), ice_write_itr(9), ice_set_q_vector_intrl(9), ice_vsi_cfg_msix(9), ice_vsi_start_all_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_all_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_lan_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_xdp_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_is_rx_queue_active(9), ice_vsi_cfg_sw_lldp(9), ice_cfg_sw_rx_lldp(9), ice_set_agg_vsi(9), ice_vsi_cfg_def(9), ice_vsi_cfg(9), ice_vsi_decfg(9), ice_vsi_setup(9), ice_vsi_release_msix(9), ice_vsi_free_irq(9), ice_vsi_free_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_free_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_close(9), ice_ena_vsi(9), ice_dis_vsi(9), ice_vsi_set_napi_queues(9), ice_vsi_clear_napi_queues(9), ice_napi_add(9), ice_vsi_release(9), ice_vsi_rebuild_get_coalesce(9), ice_vsi_rebuild_set_coalesce(9), ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays(9), ice_vsi_rebuild(9), ice_is_reset_in_progress(9), ice_wait_for_reset(9), ice_vsi_update_q_map(9), ice_vsi_cfg_netdev_tc(9), ice_vsi_setup_q_map_mqprio(9), ice_vsi_cfg_tc(9), ice_update_tx_ring_stats(9), ice_update_rx_ring_stats(9), ice_fetch_tx_ring_stats(9), ice_fetch_rx_ring_stats(9), ice_is_dflt_vsi_in_use(9), ice_is_vsi_dflt_vsi(9), ice_set_dflt_vsi(9), ice_clear_dflt_vsi(9), ice_get_link_speed_mbps(9), ice_get_link_speed_kbps(9), ice_set_min_bw_limit(9), ice_set_max_bw_limit(9), ice_set_link(9), ice_vsi_add_vlan_zero(9), ice_vsi_del_vlan_zero(9), ice_vsi_num_zero_vlans(9), ice_vsi_has_non_zero_vlans(9), ice_vsi_num_non_zero_vlans(9), ice_is_feature_supported(9), ice_set_feature_support(9), ice_clear_feature_support(9), ice_init_feature_support(9), ice_vsi_update_security(9), ice_vsi_ctx_set_antispoof(9), ice_vsi_ctx_clear_antispoof(9), ice_vsi_update_local_lb(9), ice_vsi_update_l2tsel(9)

like I said. iconic friend group. 💖

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no warnings, no bugs, no caveats on this page bestie — just vibes and a whole lot of cross-references 🧚

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🌸 okay that's the whole page!! this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, and it's ice_vsi_init(9) all day. slay, go init a VSI, ily, bye!! 🫶💜