force_io_queues_off(9)

💅 force_io_queues_off(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so you found the force_io_queues_off page in the Kernel API Manual (that's section 9, the kernel API girlies) and you're like "what does this even do" — don't worry, I got you 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

force_io_queues_off — literally forces all IO queues off on a given device. that's it. that's the whole personality. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void force_io_queues_off (struct octeon_device *oct );

no return value, no drama, it just goes in and shuts the queues down. periodt.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• oct — pointer to the Octeon device 👑 this is the main character here, the device whose IO queues are about to get the vibe check.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the kernel file where this lives — go read the source fr fr:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c

and now the whole friend group 😭 (yes, all of them, I'm not skipping a single one):

• octeon_console_debug_enabled(9)
• pcierror_quiesce_device(9)
• cleanup_aer_uncorrect_error_status(9)
• stop_pci_io(9)
• liquidio_pcie_error_detected(9)
• liquidio_pcie_mmio_enabled(9)
• liquidio_pcie_slot_reset(9)
• liquidio_pcie_resume(9)
• liquidio_init_pci(9)
• liquidio_deinit_pci(9)
• check_txq_status(9)
• print_link_info(9)
• octnet_link_status_change(9)
• setup_link_status_change_wq(9)
• update_link_status(9)
• lio_sync_octeon_time(9)
• setup_sync_octeon_time_wq(9)
• cleanup_sync_octeon_time_wq(9)
• liquidio_probe(9)
• octeon_pci_flr(9)
• octeon_destroy_resources(9)
• send_rx_ctrl_cmd(9)
• liquidio_destroy_nic_device(9)
• liquidio_stop_nic_module(9)
• liquidio_remove(9)
• octeon_chip_specific_setup(9)
• octeon_pci_os_setup(9)
• free_netbuf(9)
• free_netsgbuf(9)
• free_netsgbuf_with_resp(9)
• liquidio_ptp_adjfine(9)
• liquidio_ptp_adjtime(9)
• liquidio_ptp_gettime(9)
• liquidio_ptp_settime(9)
• liquidio_ptp_enable(9)
• oct_ptp_open(9)
• liquidio_ptp_init(9)
• load_firmware(9)
• octnet_poll_check_txq_status(9)
• setup_tx_poll_fn(9)
• liquidio_open(9)
• liquidio_stop(9)
• get_new_flags(9)
• liquidio_set_mcast_list(9)
• liquidio_set_mac(9)
• handle_timestamp(9)
• send_nic_timestamp_pkt(9)
• liquidio_xmit(9)
• liquidio_tx_timeout(9)
• liquidio_set_rxcsum_command(9)
• liquidio_vxlan_port_command(9)
• liquidio_fix_features(9)
• liquidio_set_features(9)
• liquidio_init(9)
• setup_nic_devices(9)
• liquidio_init_nic_module(9)
• nic_starter(9)
• octeon_device_init(9)
• octeon_dbg_console_print(9)
• liquidio_exit(9)

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that's the whole page, bestie — short, iconic, no notes 💜

and for the credits slot 🎬: this came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/... and it's dated October 2026, signed off as force_io_queues_off(9). slay, go turn off those queues responsibly ✨🌸