ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats(9) — from the Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, gather round, because today's main character is ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats — a whole function living its best life in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel API, iykyk) 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats — literally just updates the Tx ring specific counters. that's it. that's the vibe. 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_update_tx_ring_stats (struct ixgbe_ring *tx_ring , struct
ixgbe_q_vector *q_vector , u64 pkts , u64 bytes );

no return value, she's a void girlie, she doesn't give anything back, she just does 🫶

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • tx_ring — the ring you're updating. the actual ring. the one getting the glow-up ✨
  • q_vector — the queue vector that this ring belongs to. her little home <3
  • pkts — number of processed packets, as a u64 (yes, 64 whole bits of packet counting 💅)
  • bytes — number of processed bytes, also a u64. big numbers only, no cap 🔥

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the source file herself: Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c 💖

and now the entire friend group, everybody say hi 🫶 (no skipping, everybody's here, periodt):

like I said. everybody. ate and left no crumbs 🌈

that's the whole page bestie, hope the counters are counting and the vibes are immaculate 💜

sign-off szn 🎀 — this one comes from the source/version line ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, so mark your calendar babes ⭐

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