mlx5dr_send...te_send_info(9)
β¨ NAME β¨
okay so bestie, this is page mlx5dr_send...te_send_info(9) from the Kernel API Manual π β and the function it's serving is mlx5dr_send_fill_and_append_ste_send_info, whose whole job is: Add data to be sent with send_list parameters: π«Ά (yes that colon is part of it, we don't question the ancients)
π¦ SYNOPSIS π¦
void mlx5dr_send_fill_and_append_ste_send_info (struct mlx5dr_ste *ste ,
u16 size , u16 offset , u8 *data , struct mlx5dr_ste_send_info *ste_info
, struct list_head *send_list , bool copy_data );
like literally that's the whole signature, no cap π
π ARGUMENTS π
steβ the data that attached to this specific ste π§sizeβ of data to writeoffsetβ of the data from start of the hw_ste entrydataβ data (iconic, unbothered, minimal π)ste_infoβ ste to be sent withsend_listsend_listβ to append into it π₯copy_dataβ if true, it indicates that the data should be kept, because it's not backuped any where (like in re-hash) π«£. if false, it lets the data to be updated after it was added to the list β¨
ngl thetruevsfalsething is the whole vibe check of this function βtruemeans keep it safe, we have no other copy,falsemeans eh, it'll get updated later anyway. choose wisely bestie π
π SEE ALSO π
- Kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/sws/dr_send.cπ mlx5dr_send_postsend_ste(9)π
and that's the page, periodt π this cutie comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under the very same name we screamed at the top β mlx5dr_send...te_send_info(9) πβ¨ bye bestie, go forth and append π¦
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms