reuse_ltb(9)

💅 reuse_ltb — a Kernel API Manual moment 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the reuse_ltb(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the whole manual, we're doing this, sit down, hydrate 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

reuse_ltb — literally just checks whether a long term buffer can be reused 🫶

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool reuse_ltb (struct ibmvnic_long_term_buff *ltb , int size );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• ltb — the long term buffer that's getting the vibe check 💅
• size — the size of the long term buffer. yes, that's the whole description, she's concise 👑

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so here's the tea: an LTB can be reused unless its size has changed. that's it. that's the whole rule. no cap 🧚

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✨ RETURN ✨

returns true if the LTB can be reused, false otherwise. binary queen behavior honestly 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/ibmvnic.c — go read the source bestie, it's giving main character energy 📖
• ibmvnic_wait_for_completion(9)
• alloc_long_term_buff(9)
• free_ltb_set(9)
• alloc_ltb_set(9)
• map_rxpool_buf_to_ltb(9)
• map_txpool_buf_to_ltb(9)
• release_rx_pools(9)
• reuse_rx_pools(9)
• init_rx_pools(9)
• release_tx_pools(9)
• reuse_tx_pools(9)
• init_tx_pools(9)
• get_hdr_lens(9)
• create_hdr_descs(9)
• build_hdr_descs_arr(9)
• do_passive_init(9)

like, the whole friend group showed up to the function call 😭🫶

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ngl there are no warnings, no bugs, no env vars on this one — she's a clean, simple, single-purpose icon. don't go inventing extra behavior for her, fr fr 💀

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and that's the page!! 🌈 this absolute gem comes to you from ./drivers/net/ethernet/ibm and the version/date stamp is October 2026 for reuse_ltb(9) — mwah, slay, periodt 💖🎀🦋