octep_oq_next_pkt(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ octep_oq_next_pkt — kernel API manual, but make it cute ✨

okay so bestie, we're in octep_oq_next_pkt(9) territory and honestly? it's a little function with main character energy 💅 it lives in the kernel API manual and it is very specific about its job. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

octep_oq_next_pkt — move to the next packet in the Rx queue 🦋

like, that's it. that's the whole gig. she advances. she's iconic. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void octep_oq_next_pkt (struct octep_oq *oq , struct octep_rx_buffer
*buff_info , u32 *read_idx , u32 *desc_used );

no cap, four arguments, returns void (so nothing comes back out, she just does the thing and leaves 🌈).

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • oq — the Octeon Rx queue data structure 🫶 this is the queue she's working on, the whole vibe.
  • buff_info — current packet buffer info 🎀 the tea on the packet you're holding right now.
  • read_idx — current packet index in the ring ⭐ where you're at in the ring, bestie.
  • desc_used — current packet descriptor number 🔥 the descriptor count as it stands.

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

so what does she actually do? two things, and honestly she ate:

  1. she frees the resources associated with a packet 🍓 (cleanup queen, no leaks, we love to see it)
  2. she increments the packet index in the ring and the packet descriptor number 💅 (moving on up, literally)

that's the whole description. short, sweet, and she understood the assignment. no notes. 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group fr fr — go say hi to all of them 🦋

ok that's the page!! source/version vibe: ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and the date is October 2026 📅 — so mark your calendar bestie, and remember: free your resources, increment your indices, and slay 💜🎀✨
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