ice_free_rx_ring(9)

💖 ice_free_rx_ring — the Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay bestie, we're in the <pink>kernel API manual</pink> today and the vibe is very "cleanup era". this one's called ice_free_rx_ring and honestly? it's giving "closing shift at the mall". let's get into it ✨

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ice_free_rx_ring — Free Rx resources 🦋

like, all the receive-side software stuff? it's getting freed. periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ice_free_rx_ring (struct ice_rx_ring *rx_ring );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a pointer. 💅

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• rx_ring — the ring you're cleaning the resources from 🧹✨ (yes, that ring. the one with the stuff in it.)

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what it actually does: it frees all receive software resources. that's the whole thing. no cap.

think of it as the "ok we're done here, everybody out" of the Rx ring. the software resources get released, the function returns void because it has nothing to say to you, and the ring is left looking fresh. iconic behavior, lowkey. 🫶

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the whole friend group shows up here, so let's give them their moment 💖

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c ← this is the source file, bestie, the main character's address 🏠
• 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_clean_tx_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_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)

that's forty-something functions. we don't gatekeep here. 💜

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heads up bestie: this page is filed under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, and the version you're reading is the October 2026 one. if you quote it, quote it right. 🙈

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and that's the whole page!! no notes, she ate 💅✨ thank you for coming to my ted talk, this has been ice_free_rx_ring(9) from the Kernel API Manual, October 2026 edition, sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice — mwah, love u, bye 🎀🦋💖