mlx5_irq_affinity_request(9)

mlx5_irq_affinity_request(9) 💖✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for mlx5_irq_affinity_request(9) — this one is short and sweet but it has all the deets, no cap 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mlx5_irq_affinity_request — request an IRQ according to the given mask. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct mlx5_irq * mlx5_irq_affinity_request (struct mlx5_core_dev *dev ,
struct mlx5_irq_pool *pool , struct irq_affinity_desc *af_desc );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — the mlx5 core device that's requesting the IRQ. 💖
• pool — the IRQ pool you're requesting from. 🦋
• af_desc — the affinity descriptor for this IRQ. 🌸

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So like, this function returns a pointer to the IRQ, or ERR_PTR in case of error. That's it — that's the whole vibe check 😭💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/irq_affinity.c 👑

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mwah 💋 before you go: this page is from the mlx5_irq_affinity_request(9) manual, with source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and date October 2026. bye bestie, go slay those IRQs 🫶✨