octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors — Kernel API Manual (section 9, bestie)

okay so you found your way into the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and the function we're stanning today is octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors. she's a little one but she's important, i promise 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors — allocate Tx/Rx Queue interrupt info. that's it, that's the whole vibe 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors (struct octep_vf_device *oct );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • oct — the Octeon device private data structure. yeah, the whole device's lil diary of private stuff 📓

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so what she actually does: she allocates the resources that hold the per-Tx/Rx-queue interrupt info. like, every single Tx queue and every single Rx queue gets its own interrupt info slot, and she's the one setting that up 💅

and why do we care? because that info is literally the thing that gets passed to the interrupt handler. from there, the napi poll gets scheduled — and it also gives you quick access to the private data of the Tx/Rx queue that corresponds to whichever interrupt is being handled. it's giving "one handshake and you already know everybody's name" energy, no cap ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 — slay, resources for all queue interrupts allocated successfully 👑
  • -1 — it failed to allocate some resource 😭 not the vibe.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_main.c — that's where the main character lives 🏠

the whole friend group (iykyk):

and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 this cutie is straight out of ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and it's dated October 2026, so like, future iconic behavior fr fr 💀✨ go read the source, mwah 💋

<center>— octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors(9), October 2026, see you in the kernel tree 🧚‍♀️</center>

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