mlx5hws_debug_dump(9)

💅 mlx5hws_debug_dump — dump HWS info, bestie

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual and this is the page for mlx5hws_debug_dump(9). Yes the function and the page have the same name, that's just how manpages do. slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

mlx5hws_debug_dump — Dump HWS info 🫶

like literally it dumps the info. that's the whole gig. iconic behaviour honestly.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int mlx5hws_debug_dump (struct mlx5hws_context *ctx );

one function, one argument, returns an int. no cap, that's it. 🦋

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ctx — The context which to dump the info from. that's your HWS context babe, the one you already opened. she's the main character here and she's providing the tea 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• zero on success 🎉
• non zero otherwise 😭

so yeah, check it. zero means we ate, anything else means something's giving error and you should probably look at it. 🔥

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the Kernel file, bestie — literally right here:

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

and the whole friend group, all of them, no one left behind:

• 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_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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💖 reminder bestie: this page lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/mellano... and it's dated October 2026, version mlx5hws_debug_dump(9) — mwah, go dump some info, you're gonna do great 🧚✨🎀