octep_vf_napi_poll(9)

💅 octep_vf_napi_poll 💅

Okay bestie, gather 'round, because we're about to talk about the NAPI poll function for Tx/Rx. This is the lowkey main character of packet processing in the octep_vf driver, no cap. It lives in the octep_vf manual, section 9 (that's the kernel API section, iykyk). ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int octep_vf_napi_poll (struct napi_struct *napi , int budget );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• napi — pointer to the napi context. This is literally the whole vibe check for the NAPI instance, so handle with care. 🫶
• budget — the max number of packets to be processed in a single invocation. Think of it as your packet-processing allowance for one trip, and the function respects it. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Bestie, the references list is long, but we're getting through it together, periodt. First up, the actual kernel source:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeon_ep_vf/octep_vf_main.c

And then the whole squad of related functions — every single one, no skips, fr fr:

• octep_vf_alloc_ioq_vectors(9)
• octep_vf_free_ioq_vectors(9)
• octep_vf_enable_msix_range(9)
• octep_vf_disable_msix(9)
• octep_vf_ioq_intr_handler(9)
• octep_vf_request_irqs(9)
• octep_vf_free_irqs(9)
• octep_vf_setup_irqs(9)
• octep_vf_clean_irqs(9)
• octep_vf_update_pkt(9)
• octep_vf_enable_ioq_irq(9)
• octep_vf_napi_add(9)
• octep_vf_napi_delete(9)
• octep_vf_napi_enable(9)
• octep_vf_napi_disable(9)
• octep_vf_open(9)
• octep_vf_stop(9)
• octep_vf_iq_full_check(9)
• octep_vf_start_xmit(9)
• octep_vf_get_stats64(9)
• octep_vf_tx_timeout_task(9)
• octep_vf_tx_timeout(9)
• octep_vf_device_setup(9)
• octep_vf_device_cleanup(9)
• octep_vf_probe(9)
• octep_vf_remove(9)
• octep_vf_init_module(9)
• octep_vf_exit_module(9)

Real talk though, this is just the poll function — the whole NAPI circus around it lives in those siblings above, so if you're debugging interrupts or queue setup, that's where you go. 👑

🌸 Okay that's the whole page, bestie. This gem comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/marvell... and it's dated October 2026. Go slay your packet processing. 💖✨🎀