i40e_delete_lan_hmc_object(9)

welcome to the i40e_delete_lan_hmc_object(9) page in the Kernel API Manual, bestie 💅 this one is all about cleaning up hmc objects, and it's lowkey a little cleanup-era icon.

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💖 NAME 💖

i40e_delete_lan_hmc_object — remove hmc objects ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int i40e_delete_lan_hmc_object (struct i40e_hw *hw , struct
       i40e_hmc_lan_delete_obj_info *info );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the HW structure 🫶
• info — pointer to i40e_hmc_delete_obj_info struct 🌸

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so this function will de-populate the SDs and PDs 💅 it frees the memory for PDS and backing storage, no cap.

after this function is returned, the caller should deallocate memory allocated previously for book-keeping information about PDs and backing storage — yes bestie, that's your follow-up task, don't leave it hanging 😭✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_lan_hmc.c
• i40e_align_l2obj_base(9)
• i40e_calculate_l2fpm_size(9)
• i40e_init_lan_hmc(9)
• i40e_remove_pd_page(9)
• i40e_remove_sd_bp(9)
• i40e_create_lan_hmc_object(9)
• i40e_configure_lan_hmc(9)
• i40e_shutdown_lan_hmc(9)
• i40e_write_byte(9)
• i40e_write_word(9)
• i40e_write_dword(9)
• i40e_write_qword(9)
• i40e_clear_hmc_context(9)
• i40e_set_hmc_context(9)
• i40e_hmc_get_object_va(9)
• i40e_clear_lan_tx_queue_context(9)
• i40e_set_lan_tx_queue_context(9)
• i40e_clear_lan_rx_queue_context(9)
• i40e_set_lan_rx_queue_context(9)

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mwah 💋 signing off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026 — i40e_delete_lan_hmc_object(9), periodt 🫶👑