ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9) 💅

okay so bestie, you're in the Kernel API Manual — specifically the page for ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9). this is the one where we say bye-bye to an interrupt vector's memory. it's giving cleanup era, and honestly? iconic. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbevf_free_q_vector — free the memory that was allocated for one specific interrupt vector, no cap 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ixgbevf_free_q_vector (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter , int v_idx
);

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • adapter — the board's private structure that you're initializing. like, the whole main character struct, iykyk 💖
  • v_idx — the index of the vector inside the adapter struct. which one are we freeing? this tells you. 🔥

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

so the way this works: ixgbevf_free_q_vector frees up all the memory that was allocated to the q_vector. that's the main quest. 💀

and then — bonus round — if NAPI is enabled, it deletes any references to the NAPI struct before it frees the q_vector. so it's not just yeeting the memory, it's tidying up the pointers first. very responsible of it, honestly. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

first up, the source file it lives in, fr fr:

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c

and now the whole girl gang of related pages — all of them, we're not skipping a single one 🎀

lowkey that's the whole friend group right there. read one, read 'em all, bestie 🧚

and that's the page!! mwah 💜 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and it's forever filed under ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9) — slay, go free some vectors responsibly ✨💅

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