ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip, and honestly? this little function is the friend who checks the group chat before you send a message that's already been sent. it makes sure there is no clash with mgmt IP filters. that's the whole vibe. no duplicates, no drama, no collisions. periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip — make sure there is no clash with mgmt IP filters 💅

like, it's literally the bouncer at the club door checking IDs so nobody who's already inside tries to sneak in twice. no cap.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ixgbe_ipsec_check_mgmt_ip (struct net_device *dev , struct
xfrm_state *xs );

that's it. that's the whole signature. short, sweet, and it returns an int — she's giving main character energy with a return value. 🎀

👑 ARGUMENTS 👑

two parameters, both iconic, both absolutely mandatory:

  • dev — pointer to net device 💖 (the network device she's working with, the whole reason we're here)
  • xs — pointer to transformer state struct 🌈 (yes, it's an xfrm_state struct, yes the name is kind of a mouthful, iykyk)

no optional extras, no secret third argument hiding in the back. just these two. slay. 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where she name-drops all her friends and honestly the friend group is huge. the whole extended family lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c — go say hi, she's the source of truth, the mothership, the origin story. 💀

the full squad, in the order they showed up to the party:

twenty-one besties. twenty-one. she keeps her circle close and her SEE ALSO section closer. 🧚

heads up babes — that's the entire list from the original page. not one single reference got left on read. 🍓

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