octep_clean_iqs(9)

✨ octep_clean_iqs(9) ✨

okay bestie, so this one is a kernel API manual page (Kernel API Manual, no big deal, literally just the docs for one function) and the function is called octep_clean_iqs 💅 yes, lowercase, yes with the octep_ prefix, we don't argue with naming conventions here.

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🎀 NAME 🎀

octep_clean_iqs — clean the Tx queues so the device can shut down. that's it, that's the whole vibe: cleanup duty before the lights go out 🕯️

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void octep_clean_iqs (struct octep_device *oct );

it returns void, meaning it hands you back nothing, zero, nada — the satisfaction of a job done is the reward 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• oct — the Octeon device private data structure 🐙 like, the whole device's personal diary, passed in so this function knows whose queues it's tidying.

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so here's what it actually does, no cap:

• frees the buffers sitting in the Tx queue descriptors that are still pending completion 😭 (yes, we're freeing them, they've been waiting, it's their time)
• resets the queue indices 🔁 so everything's back to a clean slate

that's the entire flex. buffers freed, indices reset, device ready to shut down. iconic behavior honestly 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

like, go read these too, they're all in the same friend group:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep/octep_tx.c 📁 (the source, the origin story)
• octep_iq_process_completions(9)
• octep_iq_free_pending(9)
• octep_setup_iq(9)
• octep_free_iq(9)
• octep_setup_iqs(9)
• octep_free_iqs(9)

all the iq girlies, setup, free, clean, completions — collect the whole set 🎀

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ngl, if you're here you're probably deep in driver code at some ungodly hour. hydrate. the device will still shut down after you drink some water 🍓

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k bye ily, this page came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and it's dated October 2026, filed under octep_clean_iqs(9) — see you in the next manpage bestie 💜✨