i40e_get_stats_count(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_get_stats_count(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the glow-up of the i40e_get_stats_count page from the Kernel API Manual. it's a tiny function with a big boundary rule, and honestly it's giving "short but iconic." ✨

🎀 NAME

i40e_get_stats_count — returns the stats count for a device, periodt 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS

int i40e_get_stats_count (struct net_device *netdev );

🦋 ARGUMENTS

  • netdev — the netdev you want the count for 🫶 that's it, that's the whole input.

🔥 DESCRIPTION

so it returns the total number of statistics for this netdev. easy enough, right? ok but here's the part where you need to listen, bestie 👑

even though this is literally a function (a real one, with a return value and everything), the count for a specific netdev must never change. like, ever. not a vibe check, a hard rule. 😭

you can base the count on static values — stuff like the maximum number of queues, or the device type. that's fine, that slays. 💖

but the API for obtaining stats is *not* safe against changes based on non-static values, so do not do that. examples of the forbidden nonsense: the current number of queues, or runtime flags. nope nope nope, keep those out of your count 🙈

and one more thing — if a statistic isn't always enabled, return it as part of the count anyways. always return its string, and report its value as zero. lowkey elegant, highkey mandatory. ⭐

fr fr: constant count, always-present string, zero for the value. that's the whole assignment. 📝

🌈 SEE ALSO

the whole extended friend group 🙌 — plus the kernel file these live in: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_ethtool.c and the struct i40e_stats(9):

✿ and that's the page, bestie ✿ this lil gem ships out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dated October 2026, under the Kernel API Manual umbrella — go forth and keep your stats count static 💜🎀🦋

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