i40e_clean_xdp_tx_buffer(9)

💅 i40e_clean_xdp_tx_buffer(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ and today's main character is i40e_clean_xdp_tx_buffer(9) — yes that's the whole function name, yes you have to say all of it, it's giving "my full legal name" energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_clean_xdp_tx_buffer — literally just frees and unmaps an XDP Tx entry 🧹✨ that's it, that's the whole job, and it does it flawlessly

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void i40e_clean_xdp_tx_buffer (struct i40e_ring *tx_ring , struct
i40e_tx_buffer *tx_bi );

ngl it returns void, so don't be out here expecting a little treat back — it does the work and dips 💅

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• tx_ring — the XDP Tx ring, aka the whole vibe container you're cleaning up in 🌀
• tx_bi — the Tx buffer info that's about to get cleaned, like the friend who's just there to be supported while the mess gets handled 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, no cap 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_xsk.c — go read it, it's iconic
• i40e_realloc_rx_xdp_bi(9)
• i40e_realloc_rx_bi_zc(9)
• i40e_xsk_pool_enable(9)
• i40e_xsk_pool_disable(9)
• i40e_xsk_pool_setup(9)
• i40e_run_xdp_zc(9)
• i40e_construct_skb_zc(9)
• i40e_clean_rx_irq_zc(9)
• i40e_xmit_zc(9)
• i40e_clean_xdp_tx_irq(9)
• i40e_xsk_wakeup(9)
• i40e_xsk_clean_tx_ring(9)
• i40e_xsk_any_rx_ring_enabled(9)

like, the entire _zc / xsk cinematic universe is right there — binge it 🍓

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and that's the page, bestie!! 🌈 this little love letter to zero-copy Tx cleanup lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, and it ate, it devoured, no crumbs 💀✨ mwah 💋