ice_vsi_free(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay bestie, real talk: this is the ice_vsi_free(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it is literally here to explain how to clean up and deallocate the provided VSI. That’s the whole NAME vibe: ice_vsi_free = clean up + deallocate the VSI you hand it. Periodt. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

Here’s the exact spell to cast, no cap:

void ice_vsi_free (struct ice_vsi *vsi );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vsi — this is the pointer to the VSI that’s being cleared, aka the main character of this cleanup. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Vibe check: ice_vsi_free deallocates the VSI’s queue resources, removes the VSI from the PF’s VSI array if necessary, and deallocates the VSI. That’s the whole arc — resource cleanup, array eviction when needed, and the final deallocation moment. ✨

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

First stop: the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_lib.c — that’s where this lives. Then here’s the whole icy friend group, with every name kept exactly as-is because we do not mess with function spelling:

• 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_get_free_slot(9), ice_vsi_delete_from_hw(9), ice_vsi_free_arrays(9), ice_vsi_free_stats(9), ice_vsi_alloc_ring_stats(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)

Catch you later, bestie 💅 — this ice_vsi_free(9) page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, October 2026 edition. Stay deallocated and hydrated. 🫶💖