ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa(9)

💖 ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy here — and today's main character is ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa. Buckle up, it's giving driver-level glow-up energy ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa — program device with a security association

like, you're literally teaching the hardware about a security association. slay.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa (struct net_device *dev , struct xfrm_state *xs ,
       struct netlink_ext_ack *extack );

that return type is int btw — don't forget it, she's important 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — pointer to device to program. this is the one you're setting up, the whole point of the function, periodt.
• xs — pointer to transformer state struct. the transformer state, the lore, the backstory of your SA.
• extack — extack point to fill failure reason. so if things go sideways, this is where you spill the tea about why 🙈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

ok so if you're obsessed with this function (same), here's the whole friend group, all listed for you:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_tx_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_rx_item(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_rx_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_set_rx_ip(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_clear_hw_tables(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_stop_data(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_stop_engine(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_start_engine(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_restore(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_find_empty_idx(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_find_rx_state(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_parse_proto_keys(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_del_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_vf_clear(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_vf_add_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_vf_del_sa(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_tx(9)
• ixgbe_ipsec_rx(9)
• ixgbe_init_ipsec_offload(9)
• ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload(9)

ngl that's a whole squad. iykyk 🫶

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and that's the page, bestie — written off of source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and signed ixgbe_ipsec_add_sa(9). mwah, mwah, go program that device 💋