pch_gbe_napi_poll(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 pch_gbe_napi_poll 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ we're doing a deep dive on pch_gbe_napi_poll and honestly? it's giving main character energy in the NAPI world 💅

🎀 NAME 🎀

pch_gbe_napi_poll — the NAPI receive and transfer polling callback, no cap 🦋

like, this is the function that gets called to poll, both for receiving AND transferring. iconic behavior fr fr ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

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

that's the whole vibe check right there 👑

💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

  • napi — a pointer of polling device struct 💫 that's it, that's the whole thing, it's just pointing at your polling device's struct
  • budget — the maximum number of a packet 🍓 (yes, that's literally what it says — the max number of a packet. we don't ask questions, we just pass the budget)

🔥 RETURN 🔥

so the return value tells you whether to keep going or dip out 👀

  • false — exit the polling mode 🚪💨 you're done, go home
  • true — continue the polling mode 🔁 keep it going bestie, we're not done yet
ngl the manpage is kinda terse here but lowkey that's the whole deal — false = stop polling, true = keep polling. periodt 💀

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

the kernel file lives right here, bestie, go read the source if you're obsessed like me 💖

  • Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-semi/pch_gbe/pch_gbe_main.c

and now the whole friend group 🫶✨ (all the pch_gbe functions you could ever want):

okay that's the whole page, you ate that bestie 💅✨

tiny sign-off moment: this page is sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/oki-sem... and dated October 2026, and it belongs to pch_gbe_napi_poll(9) 🎀💖

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