hinic_read_wqe(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ hinic_read_wqe — bestie's guide to grabbing your wqe pointer 💅

okay so like, this is a page from the hinic section 9 kernel API manual, and honestly? it's a whole little vibe. it's all about reading the wqe ptr in the current ci. tiny function, real main character energy. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct hinic_hw_wqe * hinic_read_wqe (struct hinic_wq *wq , unsigned int
       wqe_size , u16 *cons_idx );

like, that's the whole signature. three args, one pointer back. slay.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • wq — the wq you're gonna read from. that's the one, bestie 💖
  • wqe_size — the size of the wqe. yeah. it's giving "just tell me how big it is" ✨
  • cons_idx — the returned ci. it comes back to you through this pointer, so keep an eye on it 👀

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Return wqe pointer. that's literally it. that's the whole description, and honestly? iconic. no cap, sometimes the API is just that straightforward 💅

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_wq.c — go look at the source, iykyk 🔥

and here's the whole friend group, all of them, not skipping a single one:

like, the whole queue-management squad showed up. obsessed honestly 🌈

and that's the page!! this whole thing is from the kernel API manual, file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/..., dated October 2026, and it's hinic_read_wqe(9) — okay bye bestie, go read those wqes 💜🧚✨

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