ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload(9)

💅 ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload(9) — literally the little function whose whole personality is tearing the ipsec offload down. no cap, that's the entire job. it's the cleanup bestie. the one who shows up at the end of the party with a trash bag 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload — tear down the ipsec offload 💅 that's it. that's the whole arc.

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

void ixgbe_stop_ipsec_offload (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

not me writing void — yeah she doesn't return anything, she just does the thing and dips 🦋

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — board private structure 👑 that's your one and only input. the board's private structure. hand her that and she's good to go.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

fr fr you should also check out the kernel file this lives in:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_ipsec.c

and the whole friend group — the entire ipsec crew, no one gets left out 🫶:

• 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_add_sa(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)

like, the whole squad 😭💖 go read them. iykyk.

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ok and one last lil thing before you close the tab — this page is from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, so like… mark your calendar bestie 🌈💜 slay, go tear down that offload. periodt. 🦋✨