STRUCT DEVLINK_TRAP_ITEM(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to struct devlink_trap_item(9) from the Kernel API Manual — she’s literally all about packet trap attributes, and we are going to stan every single field 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

struct devlink_trap_item — packet trap attributes. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole struct is giving:

struct devlink_trap_item {
    const struct devlink_trap *trap;
    struct devlink_trap_group_item *group_item;
    struct list_head list;
    enum devlink_trap_action action;
    struct devlink_stats __percpu *stats;
    void *priv;
 };

💖 MEMBERS 💖

• trap — immutable packet trap attributes. don’t touch, she’s immutable 💅
• group_item — associated group item.
• list — trap_list member.
• action — trap action.
• stats — trap statistics.
• priv — driver private information.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this struct describes both mutable and immutable packet trap attributes. it’s created by devlink during trap registration, and it’s used for all trap related operations. main character energy fr fr 🫶

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay bestie, go look at the Kernel file ./net/devlink/trap.c, plus these iconic references:

• struct devlink_trap_policer_item(9)
• struct devlink_trap_group_item(9)
• devl_traps_register(9)
• devlink_traps_register(9)
• devl_traps_unregister(9)
• devlink_traps_unregister(9)
• devlink_trap_report(9)
• devlink_trap_ctx_priv(9)
• devl_trap_groups_register(9)
• devlink_trap_groups_register(9)
• devl_trap_groups_unregister(9)
• devlink_trap_groups_unregister(9)
• devl_trap_policers_register(9)
• devl_trap_policers_unregister(9)

cute little sign-off bestie: source/version is ./net/devlink, dated October 2026, and the page is struct devlink_trap_item(9) — slay and goodbye 💖🎀