mlx5hws_acti...flow_sampler(9)

💅 mlx5hws_action_create_flow_sampler — Kernel API Manual 💅

okay so bestie, we're in the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> and today's main character is mlx5hws_action_create_flow_sampler(9). yes the title is literally truncated with ... in the header, that's just how it's filed, don't @ me 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

mlx5hws_action_create_flow_sampler — creates a direct rule flow sampler action. that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mlx5hws_action * mlx5hws_action_create_flow_sampler (struct
mlx5hws_context *ctx , u32 sampler_id , u32 flags );

like, you hand it a context, a sampler id, and some flags, and it gives you back a shiny new action pointer. slay 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ctx — the context where your brand new action is gonna live. it's the whole environment, the stage, the main character energy ✨
• sampler_id — the flow sampler object ID. literally just the ID of the sampler object, no cap 🍓
• flags — the action creation flags, and they're of type enum mlx5hws_action_flags. yes the type is right there in the original, i would never make that up 💀

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👑 RETURN 👑

pointer to mlx5hws_action on success — icon behavior. NULL otherwise — not iconic, but that's the deal 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie the cross-reference list here is long — like a full group chat of functions. every single one, in order, no skipping:

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

and then the whole 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_table_num(9)
• mlx5hws_action_create_dest_match_range(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)

iykyk, this list is the whole steering API and honestly it ate 🔥

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and that's the page, bestie. this masterpiece came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under mlx5hws_acti...flow_sampler(9) — the exact same title we started with, because the manpage said so and we respect the lore 💜🧚