igc_free_rx_resources(9)

✨ igc_free_rx_resources(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the actual kernel manual, and yes, we're gonna make it make sense 💅 it's igc_free_rx_resources(9), and honestly? it's giving "short and iconic."

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🌸 NAME 🌸

igc_free_rx_resources — Free Rx Resources 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void igc_free_rx_resources (struct igc_ring *rx_ring );

like… that's it. one function, one argument, no return value. lowkey the cleanest signature ever ngl ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• rx_ring — the ring you want to clean the resources from. that's your girl. you're freeing her stuff 🧹

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Free all receive software resources 💀✨ that's the whole vibe. this function goes through and releases every software-side thing that the Rx ring was holding onto. no cap, no drama, just cleanup. the way that it literally just frees all receive software resources… periodt.

bestie this is a free function, so the whole point is releasing stuff. don't come back later expecting the resources to still be there — they're gone, that's the assignment 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file it lives in, along with a whole group chat of related functions:

• the source file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc/igc_main.c
• link + hw control crew: igc_power_up_link(9), igc_release_hw_control(9), igc_get_hw_control(9)
• tx cleanup era: igc_clean_tx_ring(9), igc_free_tx_resources(9), igc_free_all_tx_resources(9), igc_clean_all_tx_rings(9), igc_disable_all_tx_rings_hw(9), igc_setup_tx_resources(9), igc_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• rx cleanup era: igc_clean_rx_ring(9), igc_clean_all_rx_rings(9), igc_free_all_rx_resources(9), igc_setup_rx_resources(9), igc_setup_all_rx_resources(9)
• configuration squad: igc_configure_rx_ring(9), igc_configure_rx(9), igc_configure_tx_ring(9), igc_configure_tx(9), igc_setup_mrqc(9), igc_setup_rctl(9), igc_setup_tctl(9)
• mac filter besties: igc_set_mac_filter_hw(9), igc_clear_mac_filter_hw(9), igc_set_mac(9), igc_write_mc_addr_list(9), igc_add_mac_filter(9), igc_del_mac_filter(9)
• packet-processing girlies: igc_process_skb_fields(9), igc_add_rx_frag(9), igc_reuse_rx_page(9), igc_is_non_eop(9), igc_cleanup_headers(9), igc_alloc_rx_buffers(9), igc_clean_tx_irq(9)
• filter gang: igc_add_vlan_prio_filter(9), igc_del_vlan_prio_filter(9), igc_add_etype_filter(9), igc_del_etype_filter(9), igc_get_nfc_rule(9), igc_del_nfc_rule(9), igc_add_nfc_rule(9), igc_enable_empty_addr_recv(9), igc_set_rx_mode(9)
• configure + irq crew: igc_configure(9), igc_write_ivar(9), igc_configure_msix(9), igc_irq_enable(9), igc_irq_disable(9)
• q_vector squad: igc_reset_q_vector(9), igc_free_q_vector(9), igc_free_q_vectors(9), igc_alloc_q_vector(9), igc_alloc_q_vectors(9)
• interrupt scheme babes: igc_update_itr(9), igc_set_interrupt_capability(9), igc_update_ring_itr(9), igc_cache_ring_register(9), igc_poll(9), igc_init_interrupt_scheme(9), igc_clear_interrupt_scheme(9), igc_request_msix(9), igc_msix_other(9), igc_request_irq(9), igc_intr_msi(9), igc_intr(9)
• lifecycle/main-character energy: igc_sw_init(9), igc_up(9), igc_update_stats(9), igc_down(9), igc_change_mtu(9), igc_tx_timeout(9), igc_get_stats64(9), igc_has_link(9), igc_watchdog(9), __igc_open(9), __igc_close(9), igc_probe(9), igc_remove(9), igc_io_error_detected(9), igc_io_slot_reset(9), igc_io_resume(9), igc_reinit_queues(9), igc_get_hw_dev(9), igc_init_module(9), igc_exit_module(9)

iykyk 🌈

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and that's the whole page bestie, no notes 💜 this one's stamped out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igc — October 2026 — so go free those receive software resources and slay 💅✨🦋