mlx5_vf_put_core_dev(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the mlx5_vf_put_core_dev(9) page from the Kernel API Manual. This one is short and iconic: mlx5_vf_put_core_dev — put the mlx5 core device back. That’s it, that’s the vibe. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mlx5_vf_put_core_dev (struct mlx5_core_dev *mdev );

yes, that’s literally the whole signature — void return, one argument, no cap. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mdev — the mlx5 core device. That’s the one you’re putting back, bestie. 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Upon return — like, the moment this function hands control back — the interface state lock is unlocked. 🔓

And the caller should not access the mdev any more. Not a little peek, not a “just checking,” not even a vibe check. After return, leave mdev alone, fr fr. 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/main.c
• mlx5_vf_get_core_dev(9)

iykyk — go read that one too, bestie. 💜

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cute sign-off: source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... · date October 2026 · page mlx5_vf_put_core_dev(9). mwah, slay, bye! 🎀✨