ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the ice show 🧚 this one lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9, and it's literally just one tiny little function doing one tiny little job. but she's important ok??

✨ NAME ✨

ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf — Release a Tx buffer 🎀

like, that's it. that's the whole vibe. she releases. she frees. she goes home. 💀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf (struct ice_tx_ring *ring , struct
       ice_tx_buf *tx_buf );

notice the void?? she returns nothing, no cap, zero notes, she just does the thing and dips 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — the ring that owns the buffer 👑 like, this buffer belongs to this ring, ok? main character energy, respect the ownership.
  • tx_buf — the buffer to free 🎀 yeah. this one. the one getting un-mapped and freed. bye bestie 💖

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this is the part where the friend group gets huge, so buckle up, we're name-dropping the whole ice crew 🌈

the kernel file she lives in:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_txrx.c ⭐

and now the icons, in the exact order the manpage gives them, because iykyk:

like… that's the whole group chat 😭 every single one of them, no skips, we don't do skipping here 💅

lowkey reminder: nothing in here is optional garnish — every name above is a real cross-reference in the original page, so if you're chasing a Tx buffer's whole life story, this is your reading list 📚✨

and that's the page!! she's short, she's sweet, she's giving "small function, big responsibility" 🍓

source: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice · dated October 2026 · manual: ice_unmap_and_free_tx_buf(9) — mwah, love u, go free some buffers 💖🎀🦋

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