ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers — replace used receive buffers 💫

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-internals girlies 💅), and it's giving "tiny function, big job" energy. One line of C, whole lotta ring management. Slay.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers (struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring , u16
cleaned_count );

it returns void, bestie — no fancy return value, it just does the thing and dips 😌

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rx_ring — the ring to place buffers on 💍 like, this is the ring you're restocking, main character of the whole operation
  • cleaned_count — the number of buffers to replace 🔁 exactly how many you're putting back, no vibes-based guessing

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the source file herself:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c

and now the extended friend group 🫶 (yes, all of them, i'm not skipping a single one, don't test me):

🌈 THE SIGN-OFF 🌈

that's the whole page, babe — short and iconic, no notes 👑

source/version line for the record: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes it's literally truncated like that in the original, i don't make the rules 🙈), dated October 2026, and if you need to find this page again it's filed under ixgbe_alloc_rx_buffers(9). save it, cite it, live by it 💜🧚‍♀️⭐

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