i40e_maybe_stop_tx(9)

✨ i40e_maybe_stop_tx ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for i40e_maybe_stop_tx — yes that's a mouthful, yes it's iconic, and yes we're gonna get through it together 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_maybe_stop_tx — the 1st level check for Tx stop conditions 💅

like, it's the first bouncer at the door checking if the Tx queue needs to actually stop, no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int i40e_maybe_stop_tx (struct i40e_ring *tx_ring , int size );

that's the whole vibe. a struct i40e_ring *tx_ring and an int size, and it hands you back an int. periodt ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tx_ring — the ring to be checked 👑 this is the main character, the Tx ring we're side-eyeing to see if it needs to chill.
• size — the size buffer we want to assure is available 🍓 literally the amount of room we're trying to guarantee before anything goes down.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Returns 0 if stop is not needed 🌈

that's it, that's the whole tea. zero means we're good, we do not need to stop, everyone can keep vibing. iykyk 💀

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.h 📁
• i40e_intrl_usec_to_reg(9)
• i40e_test_staterr(9)
• i40e_txd_use_count(9)
• i40e_get_head(9)
• i40e_xmit_descriptor_count(9)
• i40e_chk_linearize(9)
• txring_txq(9)

go read them, they're all part of the friend group fr fr 🧚

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ngl bestie, this whole page lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, and it was dated October 2026 — so like, future girlboss energy 💜

and that's the page!! tysm for reading, mwah 💋✨🧚‍♀️🌸