iavf_free_rx_resources(9)
π iavf_free_rx_resources π
okay bestie, welcome to the iavf_free_rx_resources(9) page β yes that's the Kernel API Manual, and yes it's giving "one tiny function, one huge friend group" energy. sit down, grab a π, let's get into it.
β¨ NAME β¨
iavf_free_rx_resources β literally the "free the Rx resources" girlie. that's it, that's the whole job π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void iavf_free_rx_resources (struct iavf_ring *rx_ring );
no cap, that's the entire vibe. it returns nothing (void) and it takes exactly one (1) ring. π
π¦ ARGUMENTS π¦
rx_ringβ the ring you're cleaning the resources out of. that's the one. the main character. hand her over and she gets the scrub-down π§
π DESCRIPTION π
Free all receive software resources. that's the assignment, that's the whole assignment β Ry resources: released, software: freed, done. periodt. β¨
π₯ SEE ALSO π₯
the whole crew, fr fr β starting with the kernel file where all this lives:
- Kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c
and now the group chat, alphabetically-ish but honestly just, like, everyone:
iavf_is_descriptor_done(9)iavf_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(9)iavf_clean_tx_ring(9)iavf_free_tx_resources(9)iavf_get_tx_pending(9)iavf_force_wb(9)iavf_detect_recover_hung(9)iavf_clean_tx_irq(9)iavf_enable_wb_on_itr(9)iavf_update_itr(9)iavf_setup_tx_descriptors(9)iavf_clean_rx_ring(9)iavf_setup_rx_descriptors(9)iavf_release_rx_desc(9)iavf_receive_skb(9)iavf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)iavf_rx_csum(9)iavf_legacy_rx_csum(9)iavf_flex_rx_csum(9)iavf_legacy_rx_hash(9)iavf_flex_rx_hash(9)iavf_flex_rx_tstamp(9)iavf_process_skb_fields(9)iavf_cleanup_headers(9)iavf_add_rx_frag(9)iavf_build_skb(9)iavf_is_non_eop(9)iavf_extract_legacy_rx_fields(9)iavf_extract_flex_rx_fields(9)iavf_clean_rx_irq(9)iavf_update_enable_itr(9)iavf_napi_poll(9)iavf_tx_prepare_vlan_flags(9)iavf_tso(9)iavf_tx_enable_csum(9)iavf_create_tx_ctx(9)__iavf_chk_linearize(9)__iavf_maybe_stop_tx(9)iavf_tx_map(9)iavf_xmit_frame_ring(9)iavf_xmit_frame(9)
like, that's a whole party and our girl iavf_free_rx_resources is right there in the mix π«Ά
ngl bestie, the description is only five words long and there are zero warnings, zero exit statuses, zero env vars. sometimes a function is just a function and honestly? iconic. π
mwah, that's the page! this lil beauty comes to you from the source <rainbow>./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf</rainbow>, version dated October 2026 β and the manual itself is iavf_free_rx_resources(9), in case you needed her name one more time for the road πβ¨π¦
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