ixgbe_free_...dp_resources(9)

πŸ“¦ version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ixgbe_free_...dp_resources(9) 🌸

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, section 9 β€” yes the title up top is lowkey truncated to ixgbe_free_...dp_resources(9) because man page headers have a character budget and honestly respect, but the actual function is the one below, no cap πŸ’…


✨ NAME ✨

ixgbe_free_fcoe_ddp_resources β€” release all fcoe ddp context resources πŸ§ΉπŸ’–


πŸ¦‹ SYNOPSIS πŸ¦‹

void ixgbe_free_fcoe_ddp_resources (struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter );

that's it. that's the whole call. void return, one arg, she's simple and she's iconic πŸŽ€


πŸ“ ARGUMENTS πŸ“

  • adapter β€” the ixgbe adapter 🌈 like, the adapter. the one you're cleaning up. hand her over bestie 🫢

πŸŽ€ DESCRIPTION πŸŽ€

Cleans up outstanding ddp context resources ✨

that's the whole job fr fr β€” anything still hanging around in the ddp context gets tidied away so it's not just sitting there being a mess 😭 think of it as the "okay we're done here, everybody out" of ddp resources πŸ§ΉπŸ’œ


πŸ‘‘ RETURN πŸ‘‘

none πŸ’€ literally nothing comes back. it's a void. don't go looking for a return value, there isn't one, periodt.


πŸ’« SEE ALSO πŸ’«

like, the whole fcoe friend group honestly 🫢 go read those too πŸ¦‹


ngl the very first one is your bestie here β€” ixgbe_fcoe_clear_ddp(9) β€” and ixgbe_setup_fcoe_ddp_resources(9) is basically this function's opposite twin, so if you're freeing, you probably set up at some point πŸ‘€πŸ’…

and that's the page!! 🌈 source is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (truncated by the man page itself, not by me, blame the format 😭) and it's dated October 2026 β€” so like, future vibes ⭐ stay hydrated, free your ddp resources, and slay πŸ’–πŸŽ€βœ¨

πŸ“¦ where this page comes from