mlx5hws_acti...st_table_num(9)

💅 mlx5hws_acti...st_table_num(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute

okay so bestie, you found the page for mlx5hws_action_create_dest_table_num in the Kernel API Manual, and ngl this one's a little superstar. it's a "direct rule goto table number" action creator, and we're gonna walk through it together 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

mlx5hws_action_create_dest_table_num — Create direct rule goto table number action. that's it, that's the vibe. it makes the action that says "hey, jump to this table number" 💫

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct mlx5hws_action * mlx5hws_action_create_dest_table_num (struct
mlx5hws_context *ctx , u32 tbl_num , u32 flags );

look at her. three args, one pointer back. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ctx — The context in which the new action will be created. like, the whole world this action gets born into 🌸
• tbl_num — Destination table number. the actual number of the table you're pointing at, no cap 📍
• flags — Action creation flags (enum mlx5hws_action_flags). all your lil toggles go here ✨

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💖 RETURN 💖

pointer to mlx5hws_action on success, NULL otherwise. so like — heads up, bestie — always vibe check that return value before you go dereferencing it 😭 null pointer deref is not the aesthetic 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group shows up for this one, so let's give them all their moment:

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/mlx5hws.h

and the squad:

• 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_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_aso_meter(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)

literally the entire steering department pulled up 🧚💜

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this lil cutie comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and it's dated October 2026, stamped mlx5hws_acti...st_table_num(9) on both ends. go forth and goto all the tables you want, bestie — slay 💅✨