mlx5hws_action_get_dev(9)

💅 mlx5hws_action_get_dev(9)

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this one's short and sweet, no cap. It's mlx5hws_action_get_dev, and it does exactly one thing. One. Singular. Main character energy of a function that knows its purpose and isn't about to overcomplicate things 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

mlx5hws_action_get_dev — get the mlx5 core device. that's it. that's the whole vibe 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct mlx5_core_dev * mlx5hws_action_get_dev (struct mlx5hws_action
*action );

like look at that signature, it's giving "I have one job and I do it flawlessly" 💖

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• action — the action you wanna pull the device out of. that's the whole input, bestie, hand it over and we're done 🌸

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✨ RETURN ✨

it hands you back the mlx5 core device — the actual struct mlx5_core_dev *. gorgeous. iconic. no surprises 🫶

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

fr fr go read the kernel file first, it's the source of truth:

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

and then the whole friend group, in order, don't skip anyone 😭:

• 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_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_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 — that's the entire hws squad, so if you're lost, you're literally one click away from not being lost 💀✨

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and that's the page, bestie!! slay 🧚 this cutie dropped from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... back in October 2026, and yeah the version line got a lil truncated in the excerpt but that's the vibe fr fr. mwah 💜 🎀 👑