fm10k_free_q_vector(9)

💅 fm10k_free_q_vector — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and it's all about fm10k_free_q_vector. it's giving cleanup-crew energy and honestly? iconic. let's get into it 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

fm10k_free_q_vector — frees up the memory that was allocated for one specific interrupt vector. that's it, that's the job 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void fm10k_free_q_vector (struct fm10k_intfc *interface , int v_idx );

so it returns void (nothing comes back, it just does the thing) and it takes two args. slay 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• interface — the board private structure you're initializing. that's your main character struct, fr fr.
• v_idx — the index of the vector that's getting freed. which one? this one. bye bestie 👋

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here's the tea: this function frees the memory that was allocated to the q_vector. that's the whole vibe. 🧚

BUT WAIT — there's more, and the more is lowkey important: in addition, if NAPI is enabled, it will delete any references to the NAPI struct prior to freeing the q_vector. so the order matters, no cap — NAPI refs go first, then the q_vector itself gets yeeted. 🔥

like, clean up your NAPI references before you free stuff, otherwise it's giving chaos and nobody wants that 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here, bestie:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c

and here's the whole friend group — go say hi to all of them:

• fm10k_init_module(9)
• fm10k_exit_module(9)
• fm10k_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• fm10k_reuse_rx_page(9)
• fm10k_add_rx_frag(9)
• fm10k_process_skb_fields(9)
• fm10k_is_non_eop(9)
• fm10k_cleanup_headers(9)
• fm10k_receive_skb(9)
• fm10k_get_tx_pending(9)
• fm10k_tx_timeout_reset(9)
• fm10k_clean_tx_irq(9)
• fm10k_update_itr(9)
• fm10k_set_qos_queues(9)
• fm10k_set_rss_queues(9)
• fm10k_set_num_queues(9)
• fm10k_reset_num_queues(9)
• fm10k_alloc_q_vector(9)
• fm10k_alloc_q_vectors(9)
• fm10k_free_q_vectors(9)
• fm10k_reset_msix_capability(9)
• fm10k_init_msix_capability(9)
• fm10k_cache_ring_qos(9)
• fm10k_cache_ring_rss(9)
• fm10k_assign_rings(9)
• fm10k_init_queueing_scheme(9)
• fm10k_clear_queueing_scheme(9)

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okay that's the whole page!! 💜 this lil guy comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/fm10k/fm10k_main.c and the page itself is dated October 2026 — so mark your calendars bestie, mwah 💋✨🌸