i40e_release_rx_desc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 i40e_release_rx_desc 💅

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual bestie, and today's main character is i40e_release_rx_desc — a function so short it has one job and does it. no drama, no return value, just vibes and a tail bump. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

i40e_release_rx_desc — store the new tail and head values 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void i40e_release_rx_desc (struct i40e_ring *rx_ring , u32 val );

like… that's it. that's the whole signature. void in, void out, no take-backs. 💀

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • rx_ring — the ring you're bumping 🫶 literally the ring, the one getting the new values.
  • val — the new head index 👑 this is the number going in as the fresh head.
ngl, two arguments, zero ambiguity. a clean, minimalist icon. we stan. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

so like… the source lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c, and if you want the whole friend group, here's every single one — no gatekeeping, i listed them all fr fr:

and that's the whole page bestie 🎀 like i said — one job, two args, zero notes.

shoutout to the source, ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e, dropped October 2026 — mwah, iconic, no notes. 💜✨🌸

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