i40e_ptp_rx_hang(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the i40e_ptp_rx_hang(9) Kernel API Manual moment 💖. This is the page for the i40e_ptp_rx_hang function, and the whole vibe is catching one very specific timestamp-hang situation. fr fr.

✨ NAME ✨

i40e_ptp_rx_hang — detect the error case when the Rx timestamp registers are hung 🫶. That's the name, no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void i40e_ptp_rx_hang (struct i40e_pf *pf );

that's the signature, bestie — don't change a single character ✨.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pf — the PF private data structure. yes, that PF. the main-character struct of this page 👑.

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so this watchdog task is scheduled to detect an error case: the hardware has dropped an Rx packet that was timestamped when the ring is full 😭. That's the specific little tragedy it's hunting for.

This particular error is rare, but it leaves the device in a state unable to timestamp any future packets. so it's rare but highkey rude to the device's timestamping abilities 💀.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the full bestie circle, every reference included, mwah 💜:

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶. source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e; date: October 2026; manual name: i40e_ptp_rx_hang(9) — mwah 💋

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