mlx5hws_acti...ate_reformat(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 mlx5hws_action_create_reformat — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for mlx5hws_acti...ate_reformat(9) 🎀 this one's a little function that makes a direct rule reformat action, and it's giving very much "hardware offload main character energy" 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

mlx5hws_action_create_reformat — Create direct rule reformat action. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct mlx5hws_action * mlx5hws_action_create_reformat (struct
mlx5hws_context *ctx , enum mlx5hws_action_type reformat_type , u8
num_of_hdrs , struct mlx5hws_action_reformat_header *hdrs , u32
log_bulk_size , u32 flags );

like literally that's the whole signature, no notes 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ctx — the context in which the new action will be created. it's the world this little action gets born into 🫶
  • reformat_type — the type of reformat, prefixed with MLX5HWS_ACTION_TYP_REFORMAT. so like, pick your flavor ✨
  • num_of_hdrs — the number of provided headers in the hdrs array. count them fr fr 🔢
  • hdrs — the headers array containing header information. the whole header situation lives in here 📚
  • log_bulk_size — the number of unique values used with this reformat. ngl it's literally called log bulk size, keep that in mind bestie 💀
  • flags — action creation flags (enum mlx5hws_action_flags). flags are flags, you know the vibe 🎀

👑 RETURN 👑

pointer to mlx5hws_action on success, NULL otherwise. that's it, that's the deal — no cap 😭 if it hands you a NULL it simply was not the vibe 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/mlx5hws.h — the blueprint, iykyk 📖

and now the full friend group, gather round besties 🫶

💜 that's the whole page bestie, go forth and reformat ✨ this came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and it's dated October 2026 🌸 mwah, slay, periodt 🎀

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