ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🦋 ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page 🦋

okay bestie, so this one is straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's honestly such a little glow-up moment for a buffer. it's giving "recycling era" and i'm obsessed 💅

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page — page flip buffer and store it back on the ring 🎀

like, it literally flips a page and puts it right back on the ring. no cap.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page (struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring , struct
ixgbevf_rx_buffer *old_buff );

two arguments, no return value, it just does the thing and leaves. main character energy fr fr ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • rx_ring — the rx descriptor ring where we're storing buffers. this is the destination, the vibe, the home 🏠
  • old_buff — the donor buffer whose page is getting reused. it's donating, it's generous, we love it 🫶

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Synchronizes page for reuse by the adapter. 🦋

that's it, that's the whole thing — it does the sync so the adapter can happily reuse that page again. lowkey iconic, highkey essential. no notes 😌

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c — go read it, iykyk 📖

and the whole extended family, because this driver has so many functions and honestly they all showed up to the group chat:

no literally, that's all of them, every single one, i counted 💀👑

ok and one cute little sign-off: this page lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes that's the path, it's truncated like that in the source, don't come for me 🙈) and it's dated October 2026. slay, periodt, go reuse a page 💜🌈

ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9) — ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9) 🎀

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