ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker — bestie's guide to the Linux Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in the ice driver, the PTP timestamp tracker is getting yeeted, and somebody's gotta clean up the leftovers. that somebody is this function. no cap. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker — literally flushes any remaining timestamps out of the tracker. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic behavior honestly 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ice_ptp_flush_tx_tracker (struct ice_pf *pf , struct ice_ptp_tx *tx );

returns nothing (void), takes two things, gets in, gets out. main character energy ⭐

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • pf — the board private structure. yeah, the board's whole private business. we don't ask questions, we just pass it in 🙈
  • tx — the tracker to flush. this one. the one we're draining. give it a little wave goodbye 👋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this gets called during teardown, right? when a Tx tracker is being removed. the vibe check has failed, the tracker is out, and this function makes sure no stray timestamps are still lurking in there. spring cleaning but for a network driver. we love a clean exit ✨🧹

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c — go read it, it's giving lore 💜

and here's the whole extended friend group, no one left behind, fr fr:

iykyk 🧚 that's a lot of siblings and every single one of them got an invite to the group chat 💖

lowkey a warning but also just tea: this whole page is about teardown. the tracker is leaving. don't get attached. 😭

and that's the whole page bestie 🎀✨

this masterpiece of kernel documentation comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, periodt 💅👑🍓

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