ice_get_free_slot(9)

💖 ice_get_free_slot(9) — Kernel API Manual, section 9 🎀

okay bestie, so this one's from the Kernel API Manual, page ice_get_free_slot(9), and honestly? it's a little cutie. it's a helper that goes digging through an array of pointers looking for the next spot that isn't NULL. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ice_get_free_slot — get the next non-NULL location index in array 🫶

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int ice_get_free_slot (void *array , int size , int curr );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• array — the array you want to search, bestie. go find your spot 💅
• size — how big that array is. yeah, we need to know where to stop 😭
• curr — the last index we know is occupied, used as a search hint. it's giving "head start" energy 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so the reason this whole thing is typed as void * is literally just to keep it generic — like, no cap, that's the entire point. it means you can run this function on any array of pointers and it'll still slay. 🌈 iconic behavior, honestly. it keeps the functionality generic so it works everywhere. periodt. 🧚

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c
• ice_vsi_type_str(9), ice_vsi_ctrl_all_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_alloc_arrays(9), ice_vsi_set_num_desc(9), ice_vsi_set_num_qs(9), ice_vsi_delete_from_hw(9), ice_vsi_free_arrays(9), ice_vsi_free_stats(9), ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats(9), ice_vsi_free(9), ice_msix_clean_ctrl_vsi(9), ice_msix_clean_rings(9), ice_vsi_alloc_stat_arrays(9), ice_vsi_alloc_def(9), ice_vsi_alloc(9), ice_alloc_fd_res(9), ice_vsi_get_qs(9), ice_vsi_put_qs(9), ice_is_safe_mode(9), ice_is_rdma_ena(9), ice_vsi_clean_rss_flow_fld(9), ice_rss_clean(9), ice_vsi_set_rss_params(9), ice_set_dflt_vsi_ctx(9), ice_vsi_setup_q_map(9), ice_set_fd_vsi_ctx(9), ice_set_rss_vsi_ctx(9), ice_vsi_is_vlan_pruning_ena(9), ice_vsi_init(9), ice_vsi_clear_rings(9), ice_vsi_alloc_rings(9), ice_vsi_manage_rss_lut(9), ice_vsi_cfg_crc_strip(9), ice_vsi_cfg_rss_lut_key(9), ice_vsi_set_vf_rss_flow_fld(9), ice_vsi_set_rss_flow_fld(9), ice_pf_state_is_nominal(9), ice_update_eth_stats(9), ice_write_qrxflxp_cntxt(9), ice_intrl_usec_to_reg(9), ice_write_intrl(9), __ice_write_itr(9), ice_write_itr(9), ice_set_q_vector_intrl(9), ice_vsi_cfg_msix(9), ice_vsi_start_all_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_all_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_lan_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_stop_xdp_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_is_rx_queue_active(9), ice_vsi_cfg_sw_lldp(9), ice_cfg_sw_rx_lldp(9), ice_set_agg_vsi(9), ice_vsi_cfg_def(9), ice_vsi_cfg(9), ice_vsi_decfg(9), ice_vsi_setup(9), ice_vsi_release_msix(9), ice_vsi_free_irq(9), ice_vsi_free_tx_rings(9), ice_vsi_free_rx_rings(9), ice_vsi_close(9), ice_ena_vsi(9), ice_dis_vsi(9), ice_vsi_set_napi_queues(9), ice_vsi_clear_napi_queues(9), ice_napi_add(9), ice_vsi_release(9), ice_vsi_rebuild_get_coalesce(9), ice_vsi_rebuild_set_coalesce(9), ice_vsi_realloc_stat_arrays(9), ice_vsi_rebuild(9), ice_is_reset_in_progress(9), ice_wait_for_reset(9), ice_vsi_update_q_map(9), ice_vsi_cfg_netdev_tc(9), ice_vsi_setup_q_map_mqprio(9), ice_vsi_cfg_tc(9), ice_update_tx_ring_stats(9), ice_update_rx_ring_stats(9), ice_fetch_tx_ring_stats(9), ice_fetch_rx_ring_stats(9), ice_is_dflt_vsi_in_use(9), ice_is_vsi_dflt_vsi(9), ice_set_dflt_vsi(9), ice_clear_dflt_vsi(9), ice_get_link_speed_mbps(9), ice_get_link_speed_kbps(9), ice_set_min_bw_limit(9), ice_set_max_bw_limit(9), ice_set_link(9), ice_vsi_add_vlan_zero(9), ice_vsi_del_vlan_zero(9), ice_vsi_num_zero_vlans(9), ice_vsi_has_non_zero_vlans(9), ice_vsi_num_non_zero_vlans(9), ice_is_feature_supported(9), ice_set_feature_support(9), ice_clear_feature_support(9), ice_init_feature_support(9), ice_vsi_update_security(9), ice_vsi_ctx_set_antispoof(9), ice_vsi_ctx_clear_antispoof(9), ice_vsi_update_local_lb(9), ice_vsi_update_l2tsel(9)

yeah that's a LOT of friends, but every single one of them is invited to the party 💀💖

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and that's the whole page bestie!! 🫶 this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's dated October 2026, so mark your calendar, mwah 💋✨ go find those free slots, you got this 👑🌸