nfp_fl_create_new_pre_ct(9)

💅 nfp_fl_create_new_pre_ct(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's called nfp_fl_create_new_pre_ct — say that five times fast, I dare you 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfp_fl_create_new_pre_ct — literally creates the next ct_zone -trk conntrack rules. that's the whole vibe, no notes 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nfp_fl_create_new_pre_ct (struct nfp_fl_nft_tc_merge *m_entry );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• m_entry — the previous nfp_fl_nft_tc_merge entry. yes, the one before. we're building off of it, king 👑

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what this does is: it creates a brand-new pre_ct entry, starting from the previous nfp_fl_nft_tc_merge entry, and hooks it up to the next relevant zone table. it's giving "next chapter" energy, fr fr 📖

then it tries to merge with the other +trk+est entries and offload them if that's possible — like when your group chat finally agrees on a restaurant. highkey iconic when it works 🔥

and the newly created pre_ct entry? it gets linked straight back to the previous nfp_fl_nft_tc_merge entry. so everyone's connected, everyone's in the group chat, nobody's left on read 💖

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💜 RETURN 💜

• a negative value on error 😭 (it happens, we don't talk about it)
• 0 if everything got configured successfully ✨ slay

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file that started it all:

./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/conntrack.h

and the whole friend group, in order:

• struct nfp_fl_ct_zone_entry(9)
• struct nfp_fl_ct_flow_entry(9)
• struct nfp_fl_ct_tc_merge(9)
• struct nfp_fl_nft_tc_merge(9)
• struct nfp_fl_ct_map_entry(9)
• nfp_fl_ct_handle_pre_ct(9)
• nfp_fl_ct_handle_post_ct(9)
• nfp_fl_ct_clean_flow_entry(9)
• nfp_fl_ct_del_flow(9)
• nfp_fl_ct_handle_nft_flow(9)
• nfp_fl_ct_stats(9)

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ngl bestie, if something goes sideways just remember: negative means error, 0 means we ate 🍓

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and that's the page!! 💅 source path got cut off all dramatic like at ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono..., dated October 2026, and it belongs to nfp_fl_create_new_pre_ct(9) — mwah, go off, conntrack queen 🧚‍♀️🌈