mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy(9)

💅 mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy ✨

okay bestie, so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the kernel, we're being fancy today 🎀) and it's all about one tiny little function that's lowkey iconic: mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy. Buckle up, it's short but it ate. 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy — literally the function that destroys a BWC direct rule. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy (struct mlx5hws_bwc_rule *bwc_rule );

like, it takes exactly one thing and gives you back an int. minimalist queen. 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bwc_rule — the rule you're about to destroy. it's a struct mlx5hws_bwc_rule *, and yeah, that's the one getting the goodbye treatment 🫶

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• zero on success ✨ (slay, that's the good ending)
• non zero otherwise 😭 (something went sideways, not the vibe)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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🧚 Kernel file

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

💫 the whole squad (in order, fr fr)

• 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_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_action_update(9)

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ok that's the entire page, it's giving "short and sweet and knows exactly what it is" 💀 no warnings, no bugs section, no drama. just destroy the rule and go. 🍓

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kisses bestie, this page came from the kernel source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and it's dated October 2026 — and yes, this whole thing is mlx5hws_bwc_rule_destroy(9) forever and always. 🫶💖✨