ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9)

💖 ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9) 💖

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual bestie, this is the page for ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask and it is lowkey iconic ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask — worker thread to bring link up 🫶

like, it's the little worker bee whose whole job is getting that link UP, no cap 🐝

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask (struct ixgbevf_adapter *adapter );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. void return, so nothing comes back out — it just does the thing 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• adapter — board private structure 🦋 this is the struct the driver keeps its own private stuff in, and it's the one and only thing you hand over

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is long long, like genuinely a whole friend group, so buckle up — every single one of them, in order, periodt 👑

• ixgbevf_set_ivar(9)
• ixgbevf_tx_timeout(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_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)

and where does all this live? right here in the kernel file:

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

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fr fr if you're poking at the ixgbevf driver, this whole list is your reading list. iykyk 💀

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and that's the page bestie!! mwah 💋 this was the Kernel API Manual entry for ixgbevf_watchdog_subtask(9), pulled from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026 🎀 go bring that link up, you got this 👑💖