mlx5_esw_get(9)

💖 mlx5_esw_get(9) — Kernel API Manual era 💖

okay so bestie, meet mlx5_esw_get(9) from the Kernel API Manual. This page is short and sweet, and we are covering every lil' detail, no skips, periodt. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

mlx5_esw_get — increase esw user count. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

Here is the exact signature, bestie — void return and all:

void mlx5_esw_get (struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mdev — the mlx5 core device. That is the whole argument list: one arg, one job. 👑

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

bestie, here are the related references and the kernel file, all accounted for:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/eswitch.c — go peek if you are nosy (affectionate). 👀
• mlx5_esw_query_functions(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_enable(9)
• mlx5_esw_hold(9)
• mlx5_esw_release(9)
• mlx5_esw_put(9)
• mlx5_esw_try_lock(9)
• mlx5_esw_unlock(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_get_total_vports(9)
• mlx5_eswitch_get_core_dev(9)

that is the page, bestie! footer moment: source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and date October 2026, still serving mlx5_esw_get(9) realness. 💜