idpf_send_get_stats_msg(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 idpf_send_get_stats_msg — it's giving "ask the NIC for the receipts" ✨

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today (idpf_send_get_stats_msg(9), section 9, iykyk) and this function is literally just the girl who walks up to the virtchnl counter and goes "hi, can I get the numbers pls 🥺". It sends the virtchnl get statistics message. That's the whole vibe. No notes. 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int idpf_send_get_stats_msg (struct idpf_netdev_priv *np , struct
idpf_port_stats *port_stats );

two args, one int coming back, copy it exactly babe, don't improvise 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • np — the netdev private structure. yes, that one. the little bag of holding the driver carries around everywhere. 👜
  • port_stats — a structure to store the vport statistics. it's the bucket and this function is filling it. icon behavior honestly. 🪣✨

⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success, negative on failure. literally that simple. if you get a negative back, that's not a vibe, that's an error, and you should handle it. periodt. 🔥

lowkey shoutout to that 0 — the good number — and to every negative number doing its job telling you something went sideways 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file it lives in (main character location, honestly):

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

and the whole extended friend group — every single one, no cap: 🌈

like I said. the whole group chat. 👑💖

ngl the only thing you actually need to remember: send the message, check the int, 0 = slay, negative = go read the error and cope. that's it. that's the function. 🧚‍♀️

and that's the tea, bestie 🍓 — this cutie dropped in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf back in October 2026, so go forth, get those stats, and stan a virtchnl message. 💜🦋✨

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