idpf_tx_splitq_map(9)

💅 idpf_tx_splitq_map — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so you're in the Kernel API Manual and this is the page for idpf_tx_splitq_map, and honestly? she's a builder. a little constructor icon. we love her for it 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_tx_splitq_map — build the Tx flex descriptor 💖 no cap, that's literally the whole job title

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void idpf_tx_splitq_map(struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q,
                        struct idpf_tx_splitq_params *params,
                        struct idpf_tx_buf *first);

returns void — she gives you nothing back except a beautifully programmed descriptor 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• tx_q — the queue you're sending the buffer on. like, where the packet is going. her address 💌
• params — pointer to the splitq params struct. the whole vibe sheet 📋
• first — the first buffer info buffer to use. the very first one. the main character 👑

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so here's the tea ☕ — this function loops over the skb data pointed to by *first, and for each memory location she goes and gets a physical address, then programs that address and the length into the transmit flex descriptor. every single memory location, one by one, no skipping, periodt 💅✨

it's giving "get address, program address, get address, program address" and honestly? iconic. she does the boring work so the packet can slay 🔥

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the kernel file herself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c — go say hi 🧚

and then there's the extended fam, which is a lot of fam, so buckle up bestie:

idpf_chk_linearize(9), idpf_tx_timeout(9), idpf_tx_buf_rel_all(9), idpf_tx_desc_rel(9), idpf_compl_desc_rel(9), idpf_tx_desc_rel_all(9), idpf_tx_buf_alloc_all(9), idpf_tx_desc_alloc(9), idpf_compl_desc_alloc(9), idpf_tx_desc_alloc_all(9), idpf_rx_page_rel(9), idpf_rx_hdr_buf_rel_all(9), idpf_rx_buf_rel_bufq(9), idpf_rx_buf_rel_all(9), idpf_rx_desc_rel(9), idpf_rx_desc_rel_bufq(9), idpf_rx_desc_rel_all(9), idpf_rx_buf_hw_update(9), idpf_rx_hdr_buf_alloc_all(9), idpf_post_buf_refill(9), idpf_rx_post_buf_desc(9), idpf_rx_post_init_bufs(9), idpf_rx_buf_alloc_singleq(9), idpf_rx_bufs_init_singleq(9), idpf_rx_buf_alloc_all(9), idpf_rx_bufs_init(9), idpf_rx_bufs_init_all(9), idpf_rx_desc_alloc(9), idpf_bufq_desc_alloc(9), idpf_rx_desc_alloc_all(9), idpf_vector_to_queue_set(9), idpf_qp_switch(9), idpf_txq_group_rel(9), idpf_rxq_sw_queue_rel(9), idpf_rxq_group_rel(9), idpf_vport_queue_grp_rel_all(9), idpf_vport_queues_rel(9), idpf_vport_init_fast_path_txqs(9), idpf_vport_init_num_qs(9), idpf_vport_calc_num_q_desc(9), idpf_vport_calc_total_qs(9), idpf_vport_calc_num_q_groups(9), idpf_vport_calc_numq_per_grp(9), idpf_rxq_set_descids(9), idpf_txq_group_alloc(9), idpf_rxq_group_alloc(9), idpf_vport_queue_grp_alloc_all(9), idpf_vport_queues_alloc(9), idpf_tx_read_tstamp(9), idpf_tx_splitq_clean(9), idpf_tx_clean_bufs(9), idpf_tx_handle_rs_completion(9), idpf_tx_clean_complq(9), idpf_wait_for_sw_marker_completion(9), idpf_tx_splitq_build_ctb(9), idpf_tx_splitq_build_flow_desc(9), idpf_txq_has_room(9), idpf_tx_maybe_stop_splitq(9), idpf_tx_buf_hw_update(9), idpf_tx_res_count_required(9), idpf_tx_splitq_bump_ntu(9), idpf_tx_get_free_buf_id(9), idpf_tx_splitq_pkt_err_unmap(9), idpf_tso(9), idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc(9), idpf_tx_drop_skb(9), idpf_tx_tstamp(9), idpf_tx_set_tstamp_desc(9), idpf_tx_splitq_need_re(9), idpf_tx_splitq_frame(9), idpf_tx_start(9), idpf_rx_hash(9), idpf_rx_csum(9), idpf_rx_splitq_extract_csum_bits(9), idpf_rx_rsc(9), idpf_rx_hwtstamp(9), __idpf_rx_process_skb_fields(9), idpf_rx_hsplit_wa(9), idpf_rx_splitq_test_staterr(9), idpf_rx_splitq_is_eop(9), idpf_rx_splitq_clean(9), idpf_rx_update_bufq_desc(9), idpf_rx_clean_refillq(9), idpf_rx_clean_refillq_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_clean_queues(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_del_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_rel(9), idpf_vport_intr_rel_irq(9), idpf_vport_intr_dis_irq_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_buildreg_itr(9), idpf_update_dim_sample(9), idpf_net_dim(9), idpf_vport_intr_update_itr_ena_irq(9), idpf_vport_intr_req_irq(9), idpf_vport_intr_write_itr(9), idpf_vport_intr_ena_irq_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_deinit(9), idpf_tx_dim_work(9), idpf_rx_dim_work(9), idpf_init_dim(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_ena_all(9), idpf_tx_splitq_clean_all(9), idpf_rx_splitq_clean_all(9), idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll(9), idpf_vport_intr_map_vector_to_qs(9), idpf_vport_intr_init_vec_idx(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_add_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_alloc(9), idpf_vport_intr_init(9), idpf_config_rss(9), idpf_fill_dflt_rss_lut(9), idpf_init_rss_lut(9), idpf_deinit_rss_lut(9)

like I said. a lot of fam. go read all of them, iykyk 💀🫶

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🫶 real talk: this page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and it's idpf_tx_splitq_map(9) — thank you for coming to my ted talk, mwah 💋🌸