idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg — a whole vibe

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the section 9 page for idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg, and honestly? It's a little legend. Let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg — literally just Send virtchnl alloc vectors message. That's the whole job. She sends, she slays, she goes home 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg (struct idpf_adapter *adapter , u16
num_vectors );

Look at her. Small signature, main character energy 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • adapter — the driver specific private structure. Basically the driver's little diary of everything it knows about itself 🦋
  • num_vectors — number of vectors to be allocated. Yes bestie, we're deciding how many vectors we want before we even send the message. Confidence 💜

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

So what does she do? She sends the virtchnl alloc vectors message. That's it. That's the tweet.

And what does she give back?

Returns 0 on success, negative on failure. Fr fr, no in-between — either it's a 0 slay or a negative lil sad face 😭

ngl, "negative on failure" is doing a LOT of heavy lifting here — it's not telling you which negative number, so maybe don't hardcode assumptions. iykyk 🧚

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the way this list is endless — she has a whole extended friend group and you're gonna meet all of them 💀

Kernel file:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c

and the whole squad, in order:

like… okay go off, cross-references 👏

that's the whole page, bestie — short, sweet, and absolutely ate. mwah 💋

source tree: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf · dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage, love u 🎀✨

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