hinic_get_rq_free_wqebbs(9)

✨ hinic_get_rq_free_wqebbs ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the driver/kernel-API girlies 💅) and it's about one very specific little function in the Huawei hinic driver. It's short. It's sweet. It tells you how much room you have left. Let's get into it 🫶

---

🌸 NAME 🌸

hinic_get_rq_free_wqebbs — returns the number of free wqebbs for use ✨

like. that's the whole job. it counts your free wqebbs and hands you the number. no cap.

---

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int hinic_get_rq_free_wqebbs (struct hinic_rq *rq );

---

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rq — the recv queue 💖 (that's "receive queue" bestie, it's where the incoming stuff lands)

---

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Return number of free wqebbs 💫

that's it. that's the whole description. it returns the number of free wqebbs. short king behavior honestly 👑

---

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the manpage goes full main character and links literally everyone in the group chat 😭 the kernel file it lives in is:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_qp.c

and then, in order, the whole crew:

• alloc_sq_skb_arr(9)
• free_sq_skb_arr(9)
• alloc_rq_skb_arr(9)
• free_rq_skb_arr(9)
• hinic_init_sq(9)
• hinic_clean_sq(9)
• alloc_rq_cqe(9)
• free_rq_cqe(9)
• hinic_init_rq(9)
• hinic_clean_rq(9)
• hinic_get_sq_free_wqebbs(9)
• hinic_sq_prepare_wqe(9)
• sq_prepare_db(9)
• hinic_sq_write_db(9)
• hinic_sq_get_wqe(9)
• hinic_sq_return_wqe(9)
• hinic_sq_write_wqe(9)
• hinic_sq_read_wqebb(9)
• hinic_sq_read_wqe(9)
• hinic_sq_put_wqe(9)
• hinic_sq_get_sges(9)
• hinic_rq_get_wqe(9)
• hinic_rq_write_wqe(9)
• hinic_rq_read_wqe(9)
• hinic_rq_read_next_wqe(9)
• hinic_rq_put_wqe(9)
• hinic_rq_get_sge(9)
• hinic_rq_prepare_wqe(9)
• hinic_rq_update(9)

like yes that's a lot of links but every single one of them ate 💅 especially hinic_get_sq_free_wqebbs(9) — that's the sq twin, the send-queue sibling, the "same vibe different queue" icon 🌈

---

lowkey a reminder bestie: this page only ever promises you the number of free wqebbs. it does not promise anything else. don't make it mean more than it means 🙈

---

that's the whole page 💜 it came from the kernel source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/..., dated October 2026, and it's filed under hinic_get_rq_free_wqebbs(9) — so if you need her again she'll be right there in section 9, slaying quietly 🎀✨ bye bestie 🦋