rte_eth_dev_tx_buffer(3)

💖 rte_eth_dev_tx_buffer(3) 💖

okay bestie, so this is a page from the Library Functions Manual — section 3 — and it's literally all about one lil struct. no cap, that's the whole thing. sit down, hydrate, let's go 🫖✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

rte_eth_dev_tx_buffer — the struct that holds your packets while they wait their turn to go out 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <rte_ethdev.h>

💅 Data Fields

uint16_t size
uint16_t length
struct rte_mbuf * pkts []

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🎀 Detailed Description 🎀

okay so picture this: it's a Structure used to buffer packets for future Tx. that's it, that's the job. the packets chill in here until it's time to leave. 🚀

she's used by the APIs rte_eth_tx_buffer and rte_eth_tx_buffer_flush — those are the besties she hangs out with, iykyk.

Definition at line 3916 of file rte_ethdev.h.

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🌈 Field Documentation 🌈

⭐ uint16_t size

Size of buffer for buffered Tx 💖 — so like, how much room she's got.

Definition at line 3919 of file rte_ethdev.h.

⭐ uint16_t length

Number of packets in the array — literally just how many are in there rn, no more no less. 💀

Definition at line 3920 of file rte_ethdev.h.

⭐ struct rte_mbuf* pkts[]

Pending packets to be sent on explicit flush or when full — these are the girlies in the waiting room 💅. they don't move until someone does an explicit flush, or until the whole thing is full and it's giving overwhelmed.

Definition at line 3922 of file rte_ethdev.h.

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👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code. 🤖✨ (not me, I didn't write her — the robot did, and honestly? she ate.)

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page bestie, and this lil sign-off is your footer hottie: DPDK, Version 25.11.3 — go forth and buffer responsibly 🌸🦋💖