_qed_cxt_release_cid(9)

💖 _qed_cxt_release_cid(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual section of the group chat — today's main character is _qed_cxt_release_cid, and honestly? she's a whole mood. lowkey does exactly one thing and does it slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

_qed_cxt_release_cid — release a cid belonging to a vf-queue 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void _qed_cxt_release_cid (struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn , u32 cid , u8 vfid );

that's the whole signature, periodt. no surprises, no plot twists 💅

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• p_hwfn — HW device data. like, the hardware handler itself. she's the main character energy of this whole function ngl 💜
• cid — Cid. yes bestie, literally just the cid. that's it. that's the argument 🎀
• vfid — engine relative index — and here's the tea: use QED_CXT_PF_CID if it belongs to PF. iykyk 🔥

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✨ RETURN ✨

Void. as in nothing. nada. zero. she gives, she takes, she returns... nothing 💀 (fr fr, void is the whole vibe)

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

okay the friend group is LARGE and honestly every one of these icons deserves a follow:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_cxt.h — the source material, go read her 🦋
• qed_cxt_get_cid_info(9)
• qed_cxt_get_tid_mem_info(9)
• qed_cxt_set_pf_params(9)
• qed_cxt_cfg_ilt_compute(9)
• qed_cxt_cfg_ilt_compute_excess(9)
• qed_cxt_mngr_alloc(9)
• qed_cxt_mngr_free(9)
• qed_cxt_tables_alloc(9)
• qed_cxt_mngr_setup(9)
• qed_cxt_hw_init_common(9)
• qed_cxt_hw_init_pf(9)
• qed_qm_init_pf(9)
• qed_qm_reconf(9)
• qed_cxt_release_cid(9) — hiii that's her, that's the girl 💅
• qed_cxt_acquire_cid(9)
• _qed_cxt_acquire_cid(9)

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bestie reminder 🦋: none of these options are optional reading if you're debugging — the whole squad is in ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed and they're all obsessed with cids.

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and that's the wrap! 🌸 brought to you straight from ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed, dated October 2026 — literally iconic, no cap, mwah 💖✨🎀