tg3_io_error_detected(9)

💖 tg3_io_error_detected(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and we're talking about tg3_io_error_detected — the function that gets called when a PCI error shows up. yes THAT one. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

tg3_io_error_detected — called when PCI error is detected 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

pci_ers_result_t tg3_io_error_detected (struct pci_dev *pdev ,
       pci_channel_state_t state );

like, that's the whole vibe. it returns a pci_ers_result_t, it takes a struct pci_dev *pdev and a pci_channel_state_t state. periodt 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• pdev — Pointer to PCI device 👑 this is literally the device we're talking about, bestie
• state — The current pci connection state 🦋 the situation it's in right now, iykyk

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so here's the tea ☕ — this function is called after a PCI bus error affecting this device has been detected. not before, not during. after. the error already happened, the bus already clocked it, and now this function gets the call 😭

it's giving "main character energy at the cleanup party." the error is detected, and tg3_io_error_detected is the one they ring up 🔥

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/tg3.c — like, the actual source, go read it ngl 📖
• tg3_io_slot_reset(9)
• tg3_io_resume(9)

these three are a little trio fr fr, they go together 💜

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ok quick vibe check: this whole thing lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom — that's the source location, remember it 💖

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and that's the page!! 🎀 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom, dated October 2026, and the page is tg3_io_error_detected(9) — slay, go forth and handle your PCI errors responsibly bestie 🌈⭐💅