idpf_vport_params_buf_rel(9)

💅 idpf_vport_params_buf_rel(9) — release that MailBox vport-params memory ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the idpf_vport_params_buf_rel(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, obvi. this one is lowkey a cleanup queen: it releases memory for MailBox resources. no cap, that's the vibe. 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_vport_params_buf_rel — releases memory for MailBox resources. literally the free-the-memory moment, and it ate. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void idpf_vport_params_buf_rel (struct idpf_adapter *adapter );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — driver specific private data structure. that's the driver's own private-data situation, and this function needs it. 🦋

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's the tea: this function will release the memory that holds the vport parameters received on MailBox. yes, that's the whole plot. it's the cleanup bestie for that vport-params memory, and it's giving responsible-memory-management realness. 🔥

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💫 SEE ALSO 💫

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_virtchnl.c — yes, that's the source file, bestie.

then the whole (9) squad, every single ref, no cap:

idpf_vid_to_vport(9)
idpf_handle_event_link(9)
idpf_recv_event_msg(9)
idpf_mb_clean(9)
idpf_ptp_is_mb_msg(9)
idpf_prepare_ptp_mb_msg(9)
idpf_send_mb_msg(9)
idpf_send_mb_msg_kfree(9)
idpf_send_vf_reset_msg(9)
idpf_send_chunked_msg(9)
idpf_wait_for_marker_event_set(9)
idpf_wait_for_marker_event(9)
idpf_send_ver_msg(9)
idpf_send_get_caps_msg(9)
idpf_mmio_region_non_static(9)
idpf_decfg_lan_memory_regions(9)
idpf_cfg_lan_memory_regions(9)
idpf_map_remaining_mmio_regs(9)
idpf_add_del_fsteer_filters(9)
idpf_vport_alloc_max_qs(9)
idpf_vport_dealloc_max_qs(9)
idpf_init_avail_queues(9)
idpf_vport_init_queue_reg_chunks(9)
idpf_get_reg_intr_vecs(9)
idpf_vport_get_q_reg(9)
__idpf_queue_reg_init(9)
idpf_queue_reg_init(9)
idpf_send_create_vport_msg(9)
idpf_check_supported_desc_ids(9)
idpf_send_destroy_vport_msg(9)
idpf_send_enable_vport_msg(9)
idpf_send_disable_vport_msg(9)
idpf_fill_txq_config_chunk(9)
idpf_fill_complq_config_chunk(9)
idpf_prepare_cfg_txqs_msg(9)
idpf_send_config_tx_queue_set_msg(9)
idpf_send_config_tx_queues_msg(9)
idpf_fill_rxq_config_chunk(9)
idpf_fill_bufq_config_chunk(9)
idpf_prepare_cfg_rxqs_msg(9)
idpf_send_config_rx_queue_set_msg(9)
idpf_send_config_rx_queues_msg(9)
idpf_prepare_ena_dis_qs_msg(9)
idpf_send_ena_dis_queue_set_msg(9)
idpf_send_ena_dis_queues_msg(9)
idpf_prep_map_unmap_queue_set_vector_msg(9)
idpf_send_map_unmap_queue_set_vector_msg(9)
idpf_send_map_unmap_queue_vector_msg(9)
idpf_send_enable_queue_set_msg(9)
idpf_send_disable_queue_set_msg(9)
idpf_send_config_queue_set_msg(9)
idpf_send_enable_queues_msg(9)
idpf_send_disable_queues_msg(9)
idpf_convert_reg_to_queue_chunks(9)
idpf_send_delete_queues_msg(9)
idpf_send_config_queues_msg(9)
idpf_send_add_queues_msg(9)
idpf_send_alloc_vectors_msg(9)
idpf_send_dealloc_vectors_msg(9)
idpf_get_max_vfs(9)
idpf_send_set_sriov_vfs_msg(9)
idpf_send_get_stats_msg(9)
idpf_send_set_rss_lut_msg(9)
idpf_send_set_rss_key_msg(9)
idpf_fill_ptype_lookup(9)
idpf_parse_protocol_ids(9)
idpf_send_get_rx_ptype_msg(9)
idpf_rel_rx_pt_lkup(9)
idpf_send_ena_dis_loopback_msg(9)
idpf_init_dflt_mbx(9)
idpf_deinit_dflt_mbx(9)
idpf_vport_params_buf_alloc(9)
idpf_vc_core_init(9)
idpf_vc_core_deinit(9)
idpf_vport_alloc_vec_indexes(9)
idpf_vport_init(9)
idpf_get_vec_ids(9)
idpf_vport_get_queue_ids(9)
__idpf_vport_queue_ids_init(9)
idpf_vport_queue_ids_init(9)
idpf_vport_adjust_qs(9)
idpf_is_capability_ena(9)
idpf_vport_is_cap_ena(9)
idpf_sideband_flow_type_ena(9)
idpf_sideband_action_ena(9)
idpf_get_vport_id(9)
idpf_mac_filter_async_handler(9)
idpf_add_del_mac_filters(9)
idpf_promiscuous_async_handler(9)
idpf_set_promiscuous(9)
idpf_idc_rdma_vc_send_sync(9)

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source/version + date sign-off: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf · October 2026 · idpf_vport_params_buf_rel(9) — mwah 💋