fm10k_get_tx_pending(9)

💖 fm10k_get_tx_pending(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 💖

okay so real talk, you're in the Kernel API Manual and the star of the show is fm10k_get_tx_pending(9). she's a little function with one (1) job and she does it, periodt ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

fm10k_get_tx_pending — literally just "how many Tx descriptors not processed" 🎀 that's it, that's the whole vibe.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u64 fm10k_get_tx_pending (struct fm10k_ring *ring , bool in_sw );

look at her go 💅

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• ring — the ring structure 🫶 like, the ring. the main character.
• in_sw — this one's a whole question ngl: is tx_pending being checked in SW or in HW? 👀 that's literally what this bool is for, pick a lane bestie

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives right here, iykyk:

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

and now, the group chat (every single one of these, no skips, we are thorough in this house 🧚):

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_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_free_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)

like. that's the whole friend group. iconic behavior honestly 🔥

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ngl the footer got a little cut off in the source, so here's exactly what it says: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/f... — and the date is October 2026, with the page being fm10k_get_tx_pending(9) 💀 no cap, that's the sign-off.

anyway ily, go read your descriptors, mwah 💜🎀🌈