ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring — bestie, this one frees the Tx buffers 💅

So real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about the one little function that sweeps up the transmit ring when it's done. Cleanup queen behavior, honestly 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring (struct ixgbevf_ring *tx_ring );

It returns void, so like… it gives nothing back. No return value, no drama, just vibes and freed memory ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • tx_ring — the ring that's getting cleaned, i.e. the ring to be cleaned 🧹 The main character of this whole operation, no cap.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Okay so the source lives in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c — that's where all of this actually happens, go peek if you're nosy (iykyk) 👀

And then there's the whole extended friend group, fr fr. Every single one of these is (9), all of them, no exceptions:

The Tx/The-irq-adjacent girlies:

The Rx squad (they're always together, it's giving clique):

The ring setup / teardown crew:

The queue-and-interrupt organizational besties:

The init / stats / watchdog council:

The resource allocators (the ones who actually hand out the memory):

The device lifecycle icons:

Like, that's the whole server, bestie 🌈 They all ate and left no crumbs.

Heads up though: this page only tells you that tx_ring is the ring to be cleaned and points you at all those siblings — it does not spell out any extra behaviour beyond that. So don't go making stuff up about what it does internally, mwah 💋

Okay that's the whole page, and before you close the tab: this was the Kernel API Manual, page ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(9), source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026. Go free those buffers, icon 💜🫶

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