igbvf_exit_module(9)

💖 igbvf_exit_module(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — section 9, the good section, the one where we talk about kernel stuff. and today's main character is igbvf_exit_module, which is genuinely one of the shortest little functions you'll ever meet but she is important. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

igbvf_exit_module — the Driver Exit Cleanup Routine. that's it. that's her job title. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void igbvf_exit_module (void );

no cap, that's the whole signature. she takes nothing, she gives nothing back — just pure void energy. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• void — no arguments. zero. none. she does not want your parameters, she does not want your input, she literally takes nothing. icon behaviour honestly. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so here's the vibe: igbvf_exit_module gets called just before the driver is removed from memory. that's the whole description. she's the cleanup routine, she's the last one out, she turns off the lights. lowkey sad but also slay. 😭💜

think of her as the "okay bestie we're leaving" text in function form — she shows up right before the driver dips out of memory entirely. 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file herself, living at:

• ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c

and honestly?? the whole friend group showed up. every single one of these — not me listing all of them, but I am listing all of them, because they're all invited to the function: 💀

• 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_clean_rx_ring(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)

like I said — the whole group chat. 🫶✨

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋 this little writeup came from the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and yeah it's still igbvf_exit_module(9) at the bottom, always and forever. hope that helped bestie, go forth and unload your driver responsibly. 🌈⭐🎀