ixgbevf_ipsec_restore(9)

💅 ixgbevf_ipsec_restore(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the ixgbevf_ipsec_restore(9) page — yes that's the manual name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic. This is from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about putting your IPsec HW settings back after a chip reset said "not today" 😭

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_ipsec_restore — restore the IPsec HW settings after a reset 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_ipsec_restore (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. void, no return, no drama 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• adapter — the board private structure, aka the main character of this function 👑

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So here's the tea 🍓: this bad boy reloads the HW tables from the SW tables after they've been bashed by a chip reset. like, the reset just came through and wrecked everything, and ixgbevf_ipsec_restore is the bestie who shows up with a broom and a playlist and fixes it ✨

And while we're here — since we're already doing the whole restore thing — it makes sure any stale VF data is removed, because we go through reset when num_vfs changes. so it's a two-for-one slay, no cap 🔥

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the whole friend group, fr fr 💜:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c
• ixgbevf_ipsec_set_pf_sa(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_del_pf_sa(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_find_empty_idx(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_find_rx_state(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_parse_proto_keys(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_add_sa(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_del_sa(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_tx(9)
• ixgbevf_ipsec_rx(9)
• ixgbevf_init_ipsec_offload(9)
• ixgbevf_stop_ipsec_offload(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🧚💖 signed off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's abbreviated in the footer, that's just how the manpage does it, we respect it) — dated October 2026, title ixgbevf_ipsec_restore(9), periodt 🌈⭐