netdev_set_defer_hard_irqs(9)

bestie, welcome to netdev_set_defer_hard_irqs(9) from the Kernel API Manual — it’s the little function that sets defer_hard_irqs on all the NAPIs of a netdev, and honestly? iconic tiny-utility energy 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

netdev_set_defer_hard_irqs — set defer_hard_irqs for all NAPIs of a netdev. no cap, that’s the whole job 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ok so the signature is literally this, bestie — keep it exact:

void netdev_set_defer_hard_irqs (struct net_device *netdev , u32 defer
);

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• netdev — the net_device for which all NAPIs will have defer_hard_irqs set. main-character struct fr fr 🌟
• defer — the defer_hard_irqs value to set. the value doing the actual setting, periodt 💫

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file is ./net/core/dev.h — go peek, iykyk 👀

• napi_get_defer_hard_irqs(9)
• napi_set_defer_hard_irqs(9)
• napi_get_gro_flush_timeout(9)
• napi_set_gro_flush_timeout(9)
• netdev_set_gro_flush_timeout(9)
• napi_get_irq_suspend_timeout(9)
• napi_set_irq_suspend_timeout(9)

and that’s the page, bestie 🎀 source/version vibe: ./net/core, dated October 2026, and the manual page is netdev_set_defer_hard_irqs(9) — slay and stay gorgeous 💜🦋