i40e_notify_...netdev_close(9)

💖 i40e_notify_...netdev_close(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for i40e_notify_...netdev_close(9) — yes the title is a whole vibe, but the function we're actually talking about is i40e_notify_client_of_netdev_close ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

i40e_notify_client_of_netdev_close — call the client close callback 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void i40e_notify_client_of_netdev_close (struct i40e_pf *pf , bool reset
);

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• pf — PF device pointer. that's the main-character device pointer, periodt 🫶
• reset — true when close called due to a reset pending. so if a reset is pending and that's why close got called, this is true ⭐

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

If there is a client to this netdev, call the client with close. that's the whole thing, no cap: if a client exists for this netdev, it gets the close call 🔥

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_client.c

• i40e_client_get_params(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_vf_msg(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_l2_param_changes(9)
• i40e_client_release_qvlist(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_vf_reset(9)
• i40e_notify_client_of_vf_enable(9)
• i40e_vf_client_capable(9)
• i40e_client_add_instance(9)
• i40e_client_del_instance(9)
• i40e_client_subtask(9)
• i40e_lan_add_device(9)
• i40e_lan_del_device(9)
• i40e_client_virtchnl_send(9)
• i40e_client_setup_qvlist(9)
• i40e_client_request_reset(9)
• i40e_client_update_vsi_ctxt(9)

okay that's the whole page, byeee 🫶 — source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e · date: October 2026 🎀