bnx2x_clear_pf_load(9)

💅 bnx2x_clear_pf_load(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel API manual for bnx2x_clear_pf_load(9), and honestly? it's a whole vibe. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and lemme tell you about the tiniest little function with the biggest "am I the last one here?" energy.

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✨ NAME ✨

bnx2x_clear_pf_load — clears the pf load mark. that's it, that's the whole thing. short and iconic 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool bnx2x_clear_pf_load (struct bnx2x *bp );

like, one arg, one bool out. minimalism ate 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bp — the driver handle. that's your whole personality for this function, bestie 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea: this one should be run under rtnl lock. no cap, that's a requirement, not a suggestion 🙈

what it actually does? it decrements the load counter for the current engine. lowkey a little subtraction girlie 🧮 and then — plot twist — it returns whether other functions are still loaded. so it's basically the function that looks around the party and goes "wait... is anyone else still here??" 😭💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, fr fr. the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x_main.c, and here's the entire squad:

• bnx2x_get_leader_lock_resource(9)
• bnx2x_trylock_leader_lock(9)
• bnx2x_get_common_flags(9)
• bnx2x_is_contextless_ramrod(9)
• bnx2x_sp_post(9)
• bnx2x_chk_parity_attn(9)
• bnx2x_init_hw_common(9)
• bnx2x_init_hw_common_chip(9)
• bnx2x_set_int_mode(9)
• bnx2x_pf_q_prep_init(9)
• bnx2x_setup_queue(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_req(9)
• bnx2x_send_unload_done(9)
• bnx2x_clp_reset_done(9)
• bnx2x_reset_mcp_prep(9)
• bnx2x_mcp_wait_one(9)
• bnx2x_er_poll_igu_vq(9)
• bnx2x_set_uc_list(9)
• bnx2x_get_num_non_def_sbs(9)
• bnx2x_io_error_detected(9)
• bnx2x_io_slot_reset(9)
• bnx2x_io_resume(9)
• bnx2x_set_iscsi_eth_mac_addr(9)

that's twenty-three (23) whole references, not me counting on my fingers 💅✨

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