libeth_xdp_return_buff_slow(9)

okay so bestie, this is libeth_xdp_return_buff_slow(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally the slowpath clean-up girlie for &libeth_xdp_buff 💅✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

libeth_xdp_return_buff_slow — free &libeth_xdp_buff 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __cold libeth_xdp_return_buff_slow (struct libeth_xdp_buff *xdp );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• xdp — buffer to free/return. that’s the one, bestie 🌸

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

This is the slowpath version of libeth_xdp_return_buff 🐌 — the one you call on exceptions, queue clean-ups etc., and it’s specifically here so you get without unwanted inlining. no cap, it’s giving “please don’t inline me, i’m doing clean-up business” 😤💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

we love a little link-hub moment, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/libeth/xdp.c
• libeth_xdpsq_init_timer(9)
• libeth_xdp_tx_exception(9)
• libeth_xdp_load_stash(9)
• libeth_xdp_save_stash(9)
• libeth_xdp_buff_add_frag(9)
• libeth_xdp_prog_exception(9)
• libeth_xdp_return_buff_bulk(9)
• libeth_xdp_queue_threshold(9)
• __libeth_xdp_set_features(9)
• libeth_xdp_set_redirect(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/l... · date: October 2026 · libeth_xdp_return_buff_slow(9) 🫶