ixgbevf_tx_timeout(9)

💅 ixgbevf_tx_timeout(9) — the kernel API manual page, bestie edition

Okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel API manual, section 9, and you've stumbled onto ixgbevf_tx_timeout. That's the one we're doing today. Grab a snack, it's a short one but it's iconic.

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✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_tx_timeout — respond to a Tx hang 💀

Like, the transmit queue has stopped transmitting and everyone's just standing there. This function is the friend who goes "hello?? are you okay??" 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ixgbevf_tx_timeout (struct net_device *netdev , unsigned int
txqueue );

That's the whole vibe, no cap. Returns void — she gives nothing back, she simply does.

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• netdev — the network interface device structure. Your actual NIC, the main character of this whole situation 🎀
• txqueue — the transmit queue that's hanging. And here's the tea: the original page literally marks it (unused), so it's giving "invited to the party but didn't get a speaking role" 🙈 It's listed as an argument, sure, but it's not doing anything with it.

Just a heads up bestie: don't go assuming this function uses txqueue for anything. The page says unused, so we say unused. Periodt.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

The kernel file this bad girl lives in:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ixgbevf_main.c

And now, the full friend group — every single one, no skips 💖:

• ixgbevf_set_ivar(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_tx_irq(9)
• ixgbevf_rx_skb(9)
• ixgbevf_rx_checksum(9)
• ixgbevf_process_skb_fields(9)
• ixgbevf_is_non_eop(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• ixgbevf_cleanup_headers(9)
• ixgbevf_reuse_rx_page(9)
• ixgbevf_add_rx_frag(9)
• ixgbevf_poll(9)
• ixgbevf_write_eitr(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_msix(9)
• ixgbevf_update_itr(9)
• ixgbevf_msix_clean_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_request_msix_irqs(9)
• ixgbevf_request_irq(9)
• ixgbevf_irq_disable(9)
• ixgbevf_irq_enable(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_tx(9)
• ixgbevf_init_rss_key(9)
• ixgbevf_configure_rx(9)
• ixgbevf_set_rx_mode(9)
• ixgbevf_set_features(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_rx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_tx_ring(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_all_rx_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_clean_all_tx_rings(9)
• ixgbevf_set_num_queues(9)
• ixgbevf_set_interrupt_capability(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_q_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_free_q_vector(9)
• ixgbevf_alloc_q_vectors(9)
• ixgbevf_free_q_vectors(9)
• ixgbevf_reset_interrupt_capability(9)
• ixgbevf_init_interrupt_scheme(9)
• ixgbevf_clear_interrupt_scheme(9)
• ixgbevf_sw_init(9)
• ixgbevf_update_stats(9)
• ixgbevf_service_timer(9)
• ixgbevf_check_hang_subtask(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_update_link(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_up(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_link_is_down(9)
• ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9)
• ixgbevf_service_task(9)
• ixgbevf_free_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_all_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_all_tx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_setup_all_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_free_all_rx_resources(9)
• ixgbevf_open(9)
• ixgbevf_close_suspend(9)
• ixgbevf_close(9)
• ixgbevf_set_mac(9)
• ixgbevf_change_mtu(9)
• ixgbevf_probe(9)
• ixgbevf_remove(9)
• ixgbevf_io_error_detected(9)
• ixgbevf_io_slot_reset(9)
• ixgbevf_io_resume(9)
• ixgbevf_init_module(9)
• ixgbevf_exit_module(9)
• ixgbevf_get_hw_dev_name(9)

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And that's the page!! 🫶

Cute little sign-off for the credits stans: this one's from the source path ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes, it's truncated like that on the page, we're not touching it 💅), dated October 2026, and it belongs to the ixgbevf_tx_timeout(9) manual. Slay, go fix your Tx hang bestie 💖✨