gelic_net_poll(9)

💅 gelic_net_poll — like, the whole vibe, bestie

okay so real talk, this is gelic_net_poll(9) from the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely one of those little functions that just works and minds its own business. it's a NAPI poll function that the stack calls to get packets back. that's the whole assignment. slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int gelic_net_poll (struct napi_struct *napi , int budget );

literally that's it. that's the function. no cap.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• napi — the napi structure, bestie 🦋. it's the whole point of the call, it's giving main character energy.
• budget — the number of packets we can pass to the stack at most. like a packet allowance. a little packet budget. don't overspend it 🙈.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

it returns the number of the processed packets. that's the tea ☕. that's the entire description. short, sweet, iconic, periodt 🔥.

bestie i'm not gonna invent extra lore for you — the manual says what the manual says and we respect the source 💅.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here, go look:

./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba/ps3_gelic_net.c

and then the whole friend group, in the order the manual lists them (yes, all of them, i would never skip one, i'm not a monster 🫶):

• gelic_descr_get_status(9)
• gelic_card_disable_txdmac(9)
• gelic_card_enable_rxdmac(9)
• gelic_card_disable_rxdmac(9)
• gelic_descr_set_status(9)
• gelic_card_reset_chain(9)
• gelic_card_free_chain(9)
• gelic_card_init_chain(9)
• gelic_descr_prepare_rx(9)
• gelic_card_release_rx_chain(9)
• gelic_card_fill_rx_chain(9)
• gelic_card_alloc_rx_skbs(9)
• gelic_descr_release_tx(9)
• gelic_card_release_tx_chain(9)
• gelic_net_set_multi(9)
• gelic_net_stop(9)
• gelic_card_get_next_tx_descr(9)
• gelic_descr_set_tx_cmdstat(9)
• gelic_descr_prepare_tx(9)
• gelic_card_kick_txdma(9)
• gelic_net_xmit(9)
• gelic_net_pass_skb_up(9)
• gelic_card_decode_one_descr(9)
• gelic_net_poll_controller(9)
• gelic_net_open(9)
• gelic_net_tx_timeout_task(9)
• gelic_net_tx_timeout(9)
• gelic_ether_setup_netdev_ops(9)
• gelic_net_setup_netdev(9)
• gelic_alloc_card_net(9)

like, that's the entire polycule of gelic functions. iykyk 💀

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🌸 cute sign-off 🌸

and that's the page, bestie!! this one's from ./drivers/net/ethernet/toshiba (the source/version side of things), dated October 2026, and it answers to the name gelic_net_poll(9) 🧚‍♀️. go forth and poll your packets, you gorgeous thing 💜✨