idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so picture this: it's a Kernel API Manual page, the function is idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc (that's idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc(9) if you're fancy and using section 9), and it does exactly one little glowing thing. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc — grab the next desc and update the buffer ring. short king behavior, honestly 👑

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc * idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc (struct
idpf_tx_queue *txq );

literally just that. one function, one queue, one union idpf_flex_tx_ctx_desc * coming back at you 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • txq — the queue you're gonna put the context descriptor on. that's it, that's the whole mood. slay 🌸

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

okay so here's the vibe: the TX buffer rings mimic the descriptor ring (they're copying each other's homework, but like, consensually 🎀). so what this function does is update the tx buffer ring entry so it reflects that this index is a context descriptor 👑

no cap, that's the whole job. it keeps the two rings in sync so nothing gets weird later. it's giving backstage crew at a concert — nobody claps for them, but if they stopped, everything would fall apart 💀✨

💜 RETURN 💜

a pointer to the next descriptor 🫶 that's the gift. that's what you get.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

buckle up bestie, this list is long — but every single one of these is invited to the group chat 💅

  • the kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c — that's where the source lives, iykyk 📁

and the whole friend group:

like I said. long. but they all ate 💅

and that's the page!! 🧚 it lives under ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, it's dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed as idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc(9). go forth and grab those descriptors, bestie — periodt 💖✨🎀

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