netdev_reset_queue(9)

💅 netdev_reset_queue — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so we're doing a real kernel manpage today and honestly? It's a whole vibe. This is netdev_reset_queue from section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — kernel-functions-for-the-girlies, iykyk 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

netdev_reset_queue — resets the packets count and the bytes count of a network device, periodt 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void netdev_reset_queue (struct net_device *dev_queue );

That's it. That's the whole signature. Short, sweet, main character energy 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev_queue — the network device. literally just the network device. that's the whole argument 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

So what does it actually do? Two things, and no cap they're both important:

1. Resets the bytes count and the packet count of a network device.
2. Clears the software flow control OFF bit for this network device.

Lowkey iconic behavior — the counters get zeroed out and that flow-control OFF bit gets cleared, all in one call. Slay 🌈

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Okay bestie, buckle up, because this list is LONG and we're not skipping a single one of them — every reference, exactly as written:

• Kernel file ./include/linux/netdevice.h
• struct gro_node(9)
• napi_is_scheduled(9)
• napi_schedule(9)
• napi_schedule_irqoff(9)
• napi_complete_done(9)
• napi_synchronize(9)
• napi_if_scheduled_mark_missed(9)
• enum netdev_priv_flags(9)
• struct net_device(9)
• netdev_priv(9)
• netdev_from_priv(9)
• netif_napi_add(9)
• netif_napi_add_config(9)
• netif_napi_add_tx(9)
• __netif_napi_del(9)
• netif_napi_del(9)
• netif_start_queue(9)
• netif_wake_queue(9)
• netif_stop_queue(9)
• netif_queue_stopped(9)
• netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit(9)
• netdev_txq_bql_enqueue_prefetchw(9)
• netdev_txq_bql_complete_prefetchw(9)
• netdev_tx_sent_queue(9)
• netdev_sent_queue(9)
• netdev_tx_completed_queue(9)
• netdev_completed_queue(9)
• netdev_tx_reset_subqueue(9)
• netdev_cap_txqueue(9)
• netif_running(9)
• netif_start_subqueue(9)
• netif_stop_subqueue(9)
• __netif_subqueue_stopped(9)
• netif_subqueue_stopped(9)
• netif_wake_subqueue(9)
• netif_attr_test_mask(9)
• netif_attr_test_online(9)
• netif_attrmask_next(9)
• netif_attrmask_next_and(9)
• netif_is_multiqueue(9)
• dev_hold(9)
• dev_put(9)
• linkwatch_sync_dev(9)
• netif_carrier_ok(9)
• netif_dormant_on(9)
• netif_dormant_off(9)
• netif_dormant(9)
• netif_testing_on(9)
• netif_testing_off(9)
• netif_testing(9)
• netif_oper_up(9)
• netif_device_present(9)
• netif_tx_lock(9)
• __dev_uc_sync(9)
• __dev_uc_unsync(9)
• __dev_mc_sync(9)
• __dev_mc_unsync(9)

Like I said. A LOT. Go read them, they're all right there in ./include/linux/netdevice.h 💀

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And that's the whole page, bestie 🧚 no notes, no cap. This little love letter lives over in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-fresh ✨💜 Go forth and reset those queues. 🍓