ipa_cmd_pipe..._clear_count(9)

💅 ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count(9) — from the Kernel API Manual, bestie

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, specifically the IPA corner of it, and you need to know exactly how many commands it's gonna take to clear the pipeline. That's literally the whole gig of this little icon. It's a counting function. It counts. Slay.

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✨ NAME ✨

ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count — gives you the number of commands required to clear the pipeline 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u32 ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_count (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments, not a single one, she takes nothing and gives you a number. main character energy fr fr 💅

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

She hands back the number of elements you need to allocate in a transaction to hold the commands that clear the pipeline. That's it. That's the whole return value. Use it wisely, bestie 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Start with the kernel file itself, ./drivers/net/ipa/ipa_cmd.h — that's the mothership, go say hi 👑

• enum ipa_cmd_opcode(9)
• ipa_cmd_table_init_valid(9)
• ipa_cmd_pool_init(9)
• ipa_cmd_pool_exit(9)
• ipa_cmd_table_init_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_hdr_init_local_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_register_write_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_dma_shared_mem_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_add(9)
• ipa_cmd_pipeline_clear_wait(9)
• ipa_cmd_trans_alloc(9)
• ipa_cmd_init(9)

like, the whole friend group is there. read them all, iykyk 💖

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and that's the page!! this one lives over in ./drivers/net/ipa, dated October 2026 — go argue with the source if you don't believe me 😭🦋 bye bestie, stay clear ✨