nfp_nfd3_rx_...ill_freelist(9)

💖 nfp_nfd3_rx_...ill_freelist(9) — Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay bestie so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the star of the show is nfp_nfd3_rx_ring_fill_freelist 🎀 literally the function that hands buffers over to the firmware, no cap. it's giving "middle management but for network packets" and honestly? iconic.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

nfp_nfd3_rx_ring_fill_freelist — Give buffers from the ring to FW 💅

like, that's the whole gig. the ring's got buffers, FW wants buffers, this function is the bestie that makes the handoff happen 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void nfp_nfd3_rx_ring_fill_freelist (struct nfp_net_dp *dp , struct
nfp_net_rx_ring *rx_ring );

returns void, so it's not gonna hand you a value back — it just does the thing. main character energy, zero notes 💀

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dp — the NFP Net data path struct 🧚 your whole data-path context lives here, so don't lose it.
• rx_ring — the RX ring to fill 🌈 yes, this is the ring getting topped up with buffers so FW can do its thing.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the source lives in the kernel file:

./drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/nfd3/dp.c

and here's the whole friend group, bestie — go say hi 🎀

• nfp_nfd3_tx_ring_stop(9)
• nfp_nfd3_tx_tso(9)
• nfp_nfd3_tx_csum(9)
• nfp_nfd3_tx(9)
• nfp_nfd3_tx_complete(9)
• nfp_nfd3_rx_give_one(9)
• nfp_nfd3_rx_csum_has_errors(9)
• nfp_nfd3_rx_csum(9)
• nfp_nfd3_rx(9)
• nfp_nfd3_poll(9)

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that's the whole page, fr fr — nothing more, nothing less, and that's periodt 💜

mwah 💋 this came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/netrono... and it's dated October 2026, and the page you're reading is literally nfp_nfd3_rx_...ill_freelist(9). slay, go read more manpages bestie 💖🌸