i40e_get_net...stats_struct(9)

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🌸 i40e_get_netdev_stats_struct(9) — the Kernel API Manual, section 9, bestie 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is i40e_get_netdev_stats_struct. She's short, she's sweet, she's got a lot of friends in the SEE ALSO (like, an unreasonable amount of friends, we'll get there 💀).

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_get_netdev_stats_struct — Get statistics for netdev interface 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void i40e_get_netdev_stats_struct (struct net_device *netdev , struct
rtnl_link_stats64 *stats );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • netdev — the network interface device structure. it's giving "which interface are we talking about" energy 🫶
  • stats — the data structure where the statistics get stored. the lil home where the numbers live 🏠

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

So the deal is: this one returns the address of the device statistics structure. That's what the page says, fr fr — literally "returns the address of the device statistics structure."

And the tea ☕ about when the numbers are real: the statistics are actually updated from the service task. so like, this isn't the thing doing the updating, bestie — that's somebody else's job (iykyk, go peek at the SEE ALSO).

ok and yes, the synopsis says void while the description talks about returning an address — not me starting drama, I'm just relaying exactly what the page says 🙈

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

right so. buckle up. this function knows everybody. the kernel file it lives in:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c

and now the full guest list, no plus-ones skipped 💅

like. that's the whole friend group. genuinely obsessed with the range 🫶

and that's the page!! no cap, that's everything 💜

mwah 💋 — this cutie came from the source tree at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, and she was dated October 2026. bye bestie, go read your stats 🎀✨

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