ixgbevf_free_q_vectors(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ ixgbevf_free_q_vectors ✨

okay so this is from the Kernel API Manual, section (9), and it's literally the cleanup queen of the ixgbevf world — the function that frees all the interrupt-vector memory 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

ixgbevf_free_q_vectors — frees the memory that was allocated for interrupt vectors. that's it, that's the whole vibe. memory goes poof 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_free_q_vectors (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

like, no return value, it just does the thing and dips 🫶

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

  • adapter — the board private structure to initialize. hand it over, bestie, that's the thing getting cleaned up 💖

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so what this function does is free the memory that was allocated to the q_vectors. no cap. that's the main character energy right there 👑

and in addition (yes there's more, it's giving bonus content ✨), if NAPI is enabled, it will delete any references to the NAPI struct before it frees the q_vector. order matters, bestie — refs first, then the free. not the other way around. ngl that sequencing is kind of iconic 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file itself lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c — go say hi 🧚

and here's the whole squad, fr fr, every single one of them 👑:

that's 69 besties plus the source file. ate and left no crumbs 🍓

okay and before you go — this page came from the source at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, version vibes included in the footer. mwah, bye bestie 💜✨

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