qed_spq_return_entry(9)

💅 qed_spq_return_entry — the kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, section 9, the "kernel developer lore" section, iykyk) and it's about giving an entry back to the spq free pool list. tiny function, big main character energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

qed_spq_return_entry — return an entry to spq free pool list. that's it, that's the whole job. she returns things. she's the returns desk of the kernel 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void qed_spq_return_entry (struct qed_hwfn *p_hwfn , struct
qed_spq_entry *p_ent );

literally two args, returns nothing, no drama 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• p_hwfn — HW device data. like, the whole hardware device's info bundle. she needs to know which device we're talking about before she does anything 💖
• p_ent — P ENT. yep. that's genuinely what the page says. the spq entry in question, bestie, the one going back to the free pool 🎀

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Void. — she gives you nothing back. not a value, not a status code, not a text back. void, periodt 💀✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the part where the page just goes off, it's giving credits roll at the end of a movie 🌈 the kernel file lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed/qed_sp.h and here's the whole friend group:

• qed_eth_cqe_completion(9)
• qed_spq_post(9)
• qed_spq_alloc(9)
• qed_spq_setup(9)
• qed_spq_free(9)
• qed_spq_get_entry(9)
• qed_eq_alloc(9)
• qed_eq_setup(9)
• qed_eq_free(9)
• qed_eq_prod_update(9)
• qed_eq_completion(9)
• qed_spq_completion(9)
• qed_spq_get_cid(9)
• qed_consq_alloc(9)
• qed_consq_setup(9)
• qed_consq_free(9)
• qed_sp_destroy_request(9)
• qed_sp_pf_start(9)
• qed_sp_pf_update(9)
• qed_sp_pf_update_stag(9)
• qed_sp_pf_update_ufp(9)
• qed_sp_heartbeat_ramrod(9)

like, the whole spq/eq/consq cinematic universe fr fr 👑

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ngl there are no options, no environment variables, no exit statuses, and no bug notes on this page. it's a short one. enjoy the breather 🧚

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cute sign-off time 🎀 this lil masterpiece comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qed and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future, slay 🦋💜