i40e_clean_arq_element(9)

✨ i40e_clean_arq_element 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for i40e_clean_arq_element — yes that's a whole mouthful, we're getting through it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME

i40e_clean_arq_element — the name's right there and honestly the original page just leaves it hanging with nothing after it 😭 so like… say hi to i40e_clean_arq_element, that's the whole intro. The description is coming, I promise.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

int i40e_clean_arq_element (struct i40e_hw *hw , struct
       i40e_arq_event_info *e , u16 *pending );

three arguments, one int back, iconic behavior only 🔥

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🦋 ARGUMENTS

• hw — pointer to the hw struct. your hardware, your bestie, your whole world here 💖
• e — event info from the receive descriptor, and it includes any buffers. yes, buffers come along for the ride ✨
• pending — number of events that could be left to process. the "how much homework is still in the bag" number 🙈

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👑 DESCRIPTION

This function cleans one Admin Receive Queue element and hands the contents back to you through e. one element. not two. not zero. one, periodt 💅

It can also tell you how many events are left to process through pending — like a little vibe check on how much work is still queued up 🌈

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⭐ SEE ALSO

the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_adminq.c — go hang out there if you want the deep lore 🧚

and the whole friend group:

• i40e_alloc_adminq_asq_ring(9)
• i40e_alloc_adminq_arq_ring(9)
• i40e_free_adminq_asq(9)
• i40e_free_adminq_arq(9)
• i40e_alloc_arq_bufs(9)
• i40e_alloc_asq_bufs(9)
• i40e_free_arq_bufs(9)
• i40e_free_asq_bufs(9)
• i40e_config_asq_regs(9)
• i40e_config_arq_regs(9)
• i40e_init_asq(9)
• i40e_init_arq(9)
• i40e_shutdown_asq(9)
• i40e_shutdown_arq(9)
• i40e_set_hw_caps(9)
• i40e_init_adminq(9)
• i40e_shutdown_adminq(9)
• i40e_clean_asq(9)
• i40e_asq_done(9)
• i40e_asq_send_command_atomic_exec(9)
• i40e_asq_send_command_atomic(9)
• i40e_asq_send_command_atomic_v2(9)
• i40e_fill_default_direct_cmd_desc(9)

like, the entire adminq friend group showed up to the group chat 😭💀 lowkey obsessed.

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ngl, every one of those names is real and you should keep them exactly as written — no renaming, no "fixing", the kernel does not appreciate a rebrand 💅

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okay that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this gem comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and yes the manual page name is still i40e_clean_arq_element(9) because we are nothing if not consistent 🎀✨