igbvf_irq_disable(9)

💅 igbvf_irq_disable — bestie, we're masking interrupts today

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, manual section 9, and today's main character is igbvf_irq_disable. Buckle up 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

igbvf_irq_disable — literally just masking off interrupt generation on the NIC. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🛑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void igbvf_irq_disable (struct igbvf_adapter *adapter );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• adapter — the board private structure 🫶 that's the one and only thing you're handing over.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file that started it all, no cap:

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

and the whole friend group 🫂 — every single one of these, like the whole group chat:

• 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_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)

psst — igbvf_irq_enable(9) is also in there if you ever need to turn the interrupts back on. iykyk 💅

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mwah 💜 that's the page. source/version tag is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and it's still wearing its igbvf_irq_disable(9) crown 👑 — slay, go mask those interrupts bestie, periodt 🌈✨