ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup — a Kernel API Manual moment (section 9, bestie)

okay so picture this: you're deep in the ixgbe driver, you've got an event, that event's holding a msg_buf, and somebody has to be the responsible one and free it. that somebody is this function. it's giving cleanup crew main character energy 🧹✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup — release msg_buf memory 🫶

like, that's it. that's the whole job. release the msg_buf memory. iconic honestly.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup (struct ixgbe_aci_event *event );

no return value, no drama, no notes. she just does the thing 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • event — pointer to the event holding the msg_buf that needs to be released. this is the event in question, the one with the memory. you hand her the pointer, she handles the rest 🦋

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

clean memory allocated for the event's msg_buf. that's the whole vibe — the memory that got allocated for the event's msg_buf gets cleaned up, and honestly? slay.

she implements auto memory cleanup. so this is the cleanup that happens automatically, not the "oops i forgor 💀" kind. it's the responsible, built-in, on-purpose kind of cleanup and we love that for us 💜

no cap, this is a short one. some manpages are a whole saga, this one is a text message. and that's fine because the job is exact: msg_buf memory → released. periodt 🔥

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

first up, the file where this whole situation lives:

  • ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c — the kernel file, go look at it, iykyk 👑

and now the friends of the family, the whole ixgbe extended universe, every single one of them, in order, no skipping (i promised myself i'd keep all of them and i did, bestie 💀):

yeah. that's all of them. every single one. drink some water bestie 💧

ngl this one's a tiny page with a massive friend group. read the ixgbe_main.c file if you want the full lore 🌈

and that's a wrap 🎬 before you go — this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, it's the ixgbe_aci_event_cleanup(9) page (yes, section 9, we're fancy), and it came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yep, that's the truncated path, it's exactly what it says on the tin 🙈) stamped October 2026. mwah, bye 💋💖

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