ice_alloc_sq_bufs(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ice_alloc_sq_bufs(9) — the function whose whole job is to allocate empty buffer structs for the ATQ. that’s the name, that’s the vibe, no cap 💅

💅 SYNOPSIS 💅

int ice_alloc_sq_bufs (struct ice_hw *hw , struct ice_ctl_q_info *cq );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• hw — pointer to the hardware structure. like, the hardware struct pointer itself, bestie 🫶
• cq — pointer to the specific Control queue. yes, the specific Control queue — not a generic one, okay? 💜

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_controlq.c — it’s right there in the SEE ALSO, bestie 📁✨

then the whole related-API group chat:

• ice_adminq_init_regs(9)
• ice_mailbox_init_regs(9)
• ice_sb_init_regs(9)
• ice_check_sq_alive(9)
• ice_alloc_ctrlq_sq_ring(9)
• ice_alloc_ctrlq_rq_ring(9)
• ice_free_cq_ring(9)
• ice_alloc_rq_bufs(9)
• ice_cfg_sq_regs(9)
• ice_cfg_rq_regs(9)
• ice_init_sq(9)
• ice_init_rq(9)
• ice_shutdown_sq(9)
• ice_aq_ver_check(9)
• ice_shutdown_rq(9)
• ice_init_check_adminq(9)
• ice_init_ctrlq(9)
• ice_is_sbq_supported(9)
• ice_get_sbq(9)
• ice_shutdown_ctrlq(9)
• ice_shutdown_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_init_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_init_ctrlq_locks(9)
• ice_create_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_destroy_ctrlq_locks(9)
• ice_destroy_all_ctrlq(9)
• ice_clean_sq(9)
• ice_ctl_q_str(9)
• ice_debug_cq(9)
• ice_sq_done(9)
• ice_sq_send_cmd(9)
• ice_fill_dflt_direct_cmd_desc(9)
• ice_clean_rq_elem(9)

xoxo, your fav kernel bestie 🫶 — source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, date October 2026, and that’s the footer, periodt 💖