ice_clean_tx_ring(9)
π ice_clean_tx_ring(9) β like, the whole glow-up of a manpage π
okay so real talk: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about one tiny little function that does one tiny little job, but bestie, it's important. Sit down, grab a strawberry π, and let's get into it.
β¨ NAME β¨
ice_clean_tx_ring β Free any empty Tx buffers π«Ά
like, it literally just tidies up. that's her job. that's her whole vibe.
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void ice_clean_tx_ring (struct ice_tx_ring *tx_ring );
no return value, no drama, just void β she gives nothing back and honestly? iconic. π
π ARGUMENTS π
tx_ringβ the ring to be cleaned β¨ (yes bestie, that's the whole description. one line. she said what she said.)
π¦ SEE ALSO π¦
okay this is the part where the manpage just. keeps. going. π like it's giving "and also everyone she's ever met." no cap, here's the full squad:
Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c β that's where the actual code lives, iykyk π
and then the friend group:
ice_prgm_fdir_fltr(9)ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf(9)ice_clean_tstamp_ring(9)ice_free_tstamp_ring(9)ice_free_tx_tstamp_ring(9)ice_free_tx_ring(9)ice_clean_tx_irq(9)ice_alloc_tstamp_ring(9)ice_setup_tstamp_ring(9)ice_alloc_setup_tstamp_ring(9)ice_setup_tx_ring(9)ice_clean_rx_ring(9)ice_free_rx_ring(9)ice_setup_rx_ring(9)ice_run_xdp(9)ice_xmit_xdp_ring(9)ice_xdp_xmit(9)ice_init_ctrl_rx_descs(9)ice_alloc_rx_bufs(9)ice_clean_ctrl_rx_irq(9)ice_clean_rx_irq(9)ice_net_dim(9)ice_buildreg_itr(9)ice_enable_interrupt(9)ice_set_wb_on_itr(9)ice_napi_poll(9)__ice_maybe_stop_tx(9)ice_maybe_stop_tx(9)ice_tx_map(9)ice_tx_csum(9)ice_tx_prepare_vlan_flags(9)ice_tso(9)ice_txd_use_count(9)ice_xmit_desc_count(9)__ice_chk_linearize(9)ice_chk_linearize(9)ice_tstamp(9)ice_xmit_frame_ring(9)ice_start_xmit(9)ice_get_dscp_up(9)ice_clean_ctrl_tx_irq(9)
forty-one entries. I counted. your girl does not skip a single one. πβ¨
lowkey a reminder that this whole page is a kernel API doc, so it's for people writing/reading driver code β not, like, a thing you type into your terminal. just so we're clear bestie π«Ά
aaaand that's the page!! short, sweet, ate and left no crumbs πβ
cute little sign-off: this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, and the page is dated October 2026 β so yeah, she's from the future, main character energy fr fr πππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms