ice_prepare_xdp_rings(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💜 NAME 💜

ice_prepare_xdp_rings — okay so this one allocates, configures and sets up Tx rings for XDP. That's the whole gig. It's giving "backstage crew for the XDP show" energy ✨

This page lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9, bestie, so you already know it's a kernel-internal situation.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ice_prepare_xdp_rings (struct ice_vsi *vsi , struct bpf_prog *prog ,
       enum ice_xdp_cfg cfg_type );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vsi — the VSI (virtual station interface) that's gonna bring up the Tx rings used by XDP. Basically the home address for the whole operation 🏠
  • prog — the bpf program that will be assigned to the VSI. Your actual XDP code, the main character 💅
  • cfg_type — tells it whether to create from scratch or restore the existing configuration. Fresh start vs. glow-up-restore, pick one 🦋

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns 0 on success and a negative value on error. That's it, that's the contract — no cap, no surprises. Check the return value, bestie, seriously 🙈

Heads up: the original page gives you exactly this much description and no more. If you were hoping for a lore drop, the SEE ALSO section is where the lore actually lives 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The source file for all of this is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c — that's the vibe check origin point, iykyk. And here's the entire friend group, no one left out 👑

That's every single one, bestie — I would never ghost a reference 💜

Sign-off szn 🎀 this one's filed under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice and it's stamped October 2026. Drink some water, go touch a network interface, ily 🫶

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