igb_alloc_rx_buffers(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

igb_alloc_rx_buffers — bestie, this is the one that replaces used receive buffers ✨

okay so quick lil intro before we dive in — this page is igb_alloc_rx_buffers(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly giving "small function, big job" energy 👑 it's short, it's sweet, and it does exactly one thing. let's get into it 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void igb_alloc_rx_buffers (struct igb_ring *rx_ring , u16 cleaned_count
);

no cap, that's the whole signature 💅 void return, two args, done. she's lowkey minimalist.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rx_ring — the rx descriptor ring where you're gonna allocate those shiny new receive buffers 🦋
  • cleaned_count — literally just the count of buffers to allocate. that's it. that's the number 🌸

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the source lives here, bestie — go read it, it's iconic:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c

and then the whole friend group 🫶 like. everyone showed up to the party:

fr fr, that's the whole list — ninety-two of them, i counted, and yes i'm obsessed 😭 go click through them if you're curious, they all live over in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb 💀

aaaand that's the page!! short king energy but she ate 💅 mwah 💖

this lil baddie came out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb and the version stamp says October 2026 — so yeah, she's recent. anyway bestie go allocate those buffers, ily, bye 🦋✨

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