dim_turn(9)

💅 dim_turn(9) — a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in kernel-land, poking at DIM stuff, and you need to flip which way your profile is heading. that's literally this function. it's giving "u-turn but make it networking." 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

dim_turn — change profile altering direction 🔄

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void dim_turn (struct dim *dim );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dim — the DIM context, aka the thing that's about to get its whole direction flipped 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So basically: if we were going left, we now go right, and if we were going right, we now go left. Simple as that, no cap. 🔁

But — and this is the important part, bestie — if it's currently parking? Do nothing. Nothing at all. It stays parked. Periodt. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Also peep ./include/linux/dim.h in the kernel files, plus all these iconic siblings:

• struct dim_cq_moder(9)
• struct dim_irq_moder(9)
• struct dim_sample(9)
• struct dim_stats(9)
• struct dim(9)
• enum dim_cq_period_mode(9)
• enum dim_state(9)
• enum dim_tune_state(9)
• enum dim_stats_state(9)
• enum dim_step_result(9)
• net_dim_init_irq_moder(9)
• net_dim_free_irq_moder(9)
• net_dim_setting(9)
• net_dim_work_cancel(9)
• net_dim_get_rx_irq_moder(9)
• net_dim_get_tx_irq_moder(9)
• net_dim_set_rx_mode(9)
• net_dim_set_tx_mode(9)
• dim_on_top(9)
• dim_park_on_top(9)
• dim_park_tired(9)
• dim_calc_stats(9)
• dim_update_sample(9)
• dim_update_sample_with_comps(9)
• net_dim_get_rx_moderation(9)
• net_dim_get_def_rx_moderation(9)
• net_dim_get_tx_moderation(9)
• net_dim_get_def_tx_moderation(9)
• net_dim(9)
• rdma_dim(9)

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🧚 and that's the whole page, bestie. tiny function, big main character energy. go flip some directions (unless it's parking, then respectfully, don't). 💅

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ok so this whole thing lives over in ./include/linux, and this edition is dated October 2026 — like, mark your calendar 📅✨ bye bestie, go read the source, mwah 🍓🫶