igbvf_clean_rx_ring(9)

💖 igbvf_clean_rx_ring — a little page from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up era of the igbvf receive path. this is the manual page for one very specific, very iconic little function, and we're gonna get into it 💅

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🌸 NAME

igbvf_clean_rx_ring — literally just frees the Rx buffers, per queue. that's the whole job. she's not complicated, she's not doing side quests, she cleans up and she leaves 🧹✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS

void igbvf_clean_rx_ring (struct igbvf_ring *rx_ring );

no return value, no drama — she's void and she knows it 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• rx_ring — a pointer to the ring structure, aka the thing whose buffers you're about to free. this is your VIP pass to the buffer party 🎟️

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🌈 SEE ALSO

like, the entire friend group. no cap, here's everyone in the cast:

• the kernel file itself: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c
• igbvf_desc_unused(9)
• igbvf_receive_skb(9)
• igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• igbvf_clean_rx_irq(9)
• igbvf_setup_tx_resources(9)
• igbvf_setup_rx_resources(9)
• igbvf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• igbvf_free_tx_resources(9)
• igbvf_free_rx_resources(9)
• igbvf_update_itr(9)
• igbvf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• igbvf_configure_msix(9)
• igbvf_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• igbvf_request_msix(9)
• igbvf_alloc_queues(9)
• igbvf_request_irq(9)
• igbvf_irq_disable(9)
• igbvf_irq_enable(9)
• igbvf_poll(9)
• igbvf_set_rlpml(9)
• igbvf_configure_tx(9)
• igbvf_setup_srrctl(9)
• igbvf_configure_rx(9)
• igbvf_set_multi(9)
• igbvf_set_uni(9)
• igbvf_configure(9)
• igbvf_sw_init(9)
• igbvf_open(9)
• igbvf_close(9)
• igbvf_set_mac(9)
• igbvf_update_stats(9)
• igbvf_watchdog(9)
• igbvf_tx_timeout(9)
• igbvf_change_mtu(9)
• igbvf_io_error_detected(9)
• igbvf_io_slot_reset(9)
• igbvf_io_resume(9)
• igbvf_io_prepare(9)
• igbvf_io_reset_done(9)
• igbvf_probe(9)
• igbvf_remove(9)
• igbvf_init_module(9)
• igbvf_exit_module(9)

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bestie note: that SEE ALSO list is long long. it's giving whole-module reunion tour. read it, love it, respect it 🫶

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and that's the page, periodt 💜 this little icon of a man page came to you from the source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026 — mwah, drink water, and remember to free your buffers 🌸🎀✨