mlx5hws_context_set_peer(9)

💅 mlx5hws_context_set_peer(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this page is all about mlx5hws_context_set_peer, and honestly it's a short one, so grab your iced coffee and let's go 🍓

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mlx5hws_context_set_peer — set a peer context, no cap. Each context can have multiple contexts as peers, so it's giving "the more the merrier" energy 👑

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mlx5hws_context_set_peer (struct mlx5hws_context *ctx , struct mlx5hws_context *peer_ctx , u16 peer_vhca_id );

like, it returns void, so there's literally nothing coming back at you — the function just does its thing and dips 💨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

your three little besties that you gotta hand over:

• ctx — the context that peer_ctx is gonna get peered to. it's the main character here, the one receiving the friendship 💖
• peer_ctx — the peer context itself. this is the one being introduced 🫶
• peer_vhca_id — the peer context's vhca id, typed as a u16. yes you gotta bring it, it's part of the vibe check 🔥

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the kernel file this whole fam lives in:

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

and now the whole extended friend group, in order, exactly as they appear 👇

• mlx5hws_is_supported(9)
• mlx5hws_context_open(9)
• mlx5hws_context_close(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_destroy(9)
• mlx5hws_bwc_rule_action_update(9)

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lowkey the whole peer-linking thing is a vibe, just remember every context can have multiple peers — it's not a situationship, it's a polycule of contexts 💀🫶

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and that's the page, bestie! 🌈 mwah 💋 — this one's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and it's dated October 2026, so mark your calendar and stan responsibly 💜✨