liquidio_napi_poll(9)

💅 liquidio_napi_poll(9) — ok bestie, let's talk NAPI 💅

So this is liquidio_napi_poll(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the entry point for NAPI polling. That's the whole vibe. Let me walk you through it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

liquidio_napi_poll — the entry point for NAPI polling. iconic behavior, no notes 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int liquidio_napi_poll (struct napi_struct *napi , int budget );

Yeah that's it. That's the whole signature. She's short and she knows it ✨ (also yes, the space before the comma is exactly how it's written, we don't fix what isn't broken, periodt)

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• napi — the NAPI structure itself. Your whole little NAPI situation, passed right in 💖
• budget — the maximum number of items to process. Like a snack limit but for packets. She will not exceed it, that's the assignment 🍓

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

Bestie, the lore goes deep. The kernel file this lives in is:

./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_core.c

And here's the whole friend group of related pages, all invited to the group chat:

• lio_delete_glists(9)
• lio_setup_glists(9)
• octeon_setup_droq(9)
• liquidio_push_packet(9)
• napi_schedule_wrapper(9)
• liquidio_napi_drv_callback(9)
• liquidio_setup_io_queues(9)
• liquidio_schedule_droq_pkt_handlers(9)
• liquidio_legacy_intr_handler(9)
• octeon_setup_interrupt(9)
• liquidio_change_mtu(9)

ngl if you're reading this page you probably need at least three of those too. go read them. I'll wait 💀

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Okay that's the whole page, mwah 🎀 This little icon came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/... and it's dated October 2026, filed under liquidio_napi_poll(9) — so if you're reading this from the future, hi, you slay, and yes the space before the comma was always there 💜✨