nfp_flower_add_offload(9)

💖 NAME 💖

nfp_flower_add_offload — adds a new flow to hardware. Okay so this is the nfp_flower_add_offload(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “kernel networking bestie” energy ngl ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       int nfp_flower_add_offload (struct nfp_app *app , struct net_device
       *netdev , struct flow_cls_offload *flow );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• app — pointer to the APP handle. Yes, that APP handle 💅
• netdev — the netdev structure.
• flow — the TC flower classifier offload structure.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Adds a new flow to the repeated hash structure and action payload. That’s the whole vibe: new flow, repeated hash structure, and action payload. Slay.

🌸 RETURN 🌸

Negative value on error, 0 if configured successfully. So 0 is the cute success number, and a negative value is the “oop” number 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/offload.c
• nfp_flower_merge_offloaded_flows(9)
• nfp_flower_validate_pre_tun_rule(9)
• nfp_flower_del_offload(9)
• nfp_flower_get_stats(9)

Okay that’s the page, bestie! This lil manual is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono... and dated October 2026 🫶💖