nfp_flower_v...pre_tun_rule(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, page nfp_flower_v...pre_tun_rule(9) — manual name folded in right here like a little bow 🎀. The function is nfp_flower_validate_pre_tun_rule — and the original description slot is literally just a dash, bestie, so we are not inventing any extra lore. No cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nfp_flower_validate_pre_tun_rule (struct nfp_app *app , struct
       nfp_fl_payload *flow , struct nfp_fl_key_ls *key_ls , struct
       netlink_ext_ack *extack );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• app — pointer to the APP handle. main character pointer energy.
• flow — pointer to the NFP flow representation of the rule.
• key_ls — pointer to the NFP key layers structure.
• extack — Netlink extended ACK report.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Verifies the flow as a pre-tunnel rule. That's the whole description, fr fr — no secret bonus checks mentioned here, just the vibe check on the flow.

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🦋 RETURN 🦋

negative value on error, 0 if verified.

bestie, negative = error, 0 = verified. That's the return vibe check, periodt. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

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

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mwah 💋 — signing off from source/version footer ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono..., date October 2026, on page nfp_flower_v...pre_tun_rule(9). iconic little kernel-page moment ✨