mlx5hws_act...te_aso_meter(9)

💅 mlx5hws_action_create_aso_meter — from the Kernel API Manual bestie 🎀

okay so picture this: it's the Kernel API Manual, it's October 2026, and we're about to make a whole direct rule ASO flow meter action out of thin air. main character energy fr fr.

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✨ NAME ✨

mlx5hws_action_create_aso_meter — makes a direct rule ASO flow meter action. that's it, that's the whole thing. she's an action-creator and she's booked and busy 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mlx5hws_action * mlx5hws_action_create_aso_meter (struct
mlx5hws_context *ctx , u32 obj_id , u8 return_reg_c , u32 flags );

like, four things in, one pointer out. we love a consistent queen 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ctx — the context where your shiny new action is gonna live. she needs a home, okay?? give her a context 🏠
• obj_id — the ASO object ID. your object's government name, if you will 🪪
• return_reg_c — copy the ASO object value into this reg_c… but like, only after a packet hits a rule with this ASO object. timing is everything bestie ✨
• flags — action creation flags, and they're of type enum mlx5hws_action_flags (yes, the enum name matters, write it down 📝)

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• pointer to mlx5hws_action on success 💖
• NULL otherwise 😭

that's literally it. no in-between, no "it depends", no vibe check. pointer or nothing.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the source of truth — Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/mlx5hws.h (go read it, iykyk 📖).

and now the whole friend group, no one gets left out 🫶:

• mlx5hws_is_supported(9)
• mlx5hws_context_open(9)
• mlx5hws_context_close(9)
• mlx5hws_context_set_peer(9)
• mlx5hws_table_create(9)
• mlx5hws_table_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_table_get_id(9)
• mlx5hws_table_set_default_miss(9)
• mlx5hws_match_template_create(9)
• mlx5hws_match_template_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_action_template_create(9)
• mlx5hws_action_template_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_matcher_create(9)
• mlx5hws_matcher_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_matcher_attach_at(9)
• mlx5hws_matcher_resize_set_target(9)
• mlx5hws_matcher_resize_rule_move(9)
• mlx5hws_rule_create(9)
• mlx5hws_rule_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_rule_action_update(9)
• mlx5hws_action_get_type(9)
• mlx5hws_action_get_dev(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_drop(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_default_miss(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_table(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_table_num(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_match_range(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_flow_sampler(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_vport(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_tag(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_counter(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_reformat(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_modify_header(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_pop_vlan(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_push_vlan(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_array(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_insert_header(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_remove_header(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_last(9)
• mlx5hws_action_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_send_queue_poll(9)
• mlx5hws_send_queue_action(9)
• mlx5hws_debug_dump(9)
• mlx5hws_bwc_matcher_create(9)
• mlx5hws_bwc_matcher_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_bwc_rule_create(9)
• mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_bwc_rule_action_update(9)

forty-eight cross-refs and every single one slayed. periodt 💅

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ngl, the whole vibe is: create the action, pass the context, the ASO object ID, the return_reg_c to copy the ASO object value into after a packet hits a rule with this ASO object, and the flags. return the pointer, or NULL. that's the tea ☕

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and that's the page bestie!! 🌈 source: ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... (yes it's truncated in the original, don't come for me 💀), dated October 2026, and we're out here repping mlx5hws_act...te_aso_meter(9) til the very last line. mwah 🍓🧚💜