api_chain_free(9)

💅 api_chain_free(9) — a kernel API manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the kernel API manual ✨ this one's called api_chain_free, and honestly? it's giving "short and sweet, does exactly one thing." no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

api_chain_free — frees the API CMD specific chain 🫶

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it takes the chain and it frees it. iconic.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void api_chain_free (struct hinic_api_cmd_chain *chain );

it returns void, so don't be waiting around for a return value, babe — there isn't one 💀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• chain — the API CMD specific chain you want to free. that's the one. hand it over and let it go 🦋

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long and it's literally the whole friend group, so buckle up 🧚:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_api_cmd.c

then all these besties, in this exact order, periodt:

• chain_busy(9)
• get_cell_data_size(9)
• prepare_cell_ctrl(9)
• prepare_api_cmd(9)
• prepare_cell(9)
• api_cmd_status_update(9)
• wait_for_status_poll(9)
• wait_for_api_cmd_completion(9)
• api_cmd(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_write(9)
• api_cmd_hw_restart(9)
• api_cmd_ctrl_init(9)
• api_cmd_set_status_addr(9)
• api_cmd_set_num_cells(9)
• api_cmd_head_init(9)
• api_cmd_chain_hw_clean(9)
• api_cmd_chain_hw_init(9)
• free_cmd_buf(9)
• alloc_cmd_buf(9)
• api_cmd_create_cell(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_cell(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_cells(9)
• api_cmd_create_cells(9)
• api_chain_init(9)
• api_cmd_create_chain(9)
• api_cmd_destroy_chain(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_init(9)
• hinic_api_cmd_free(9)

like… the way that's an entire squad 😭 go read them if you want the full lore, iykyk.

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lowkey a reminder bestie: this page lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... and it's dated October 2026 — so if you're reading this from the future, hey 👋

mwah, that's the page 💖 stay freeing your chains responsibly ✨🎀🦋