t4_free_sge_resources(9)
π t4_free_sge_resources(9) π
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for t4_free_sge_resources β yes it's a real function, yes it's from the kernel, and yes we're gonna get through it together π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
t4_free_sge_resources β literally just: free SGE resources π§Ήβ¨
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
void t4_free_sge_resources (struct adapter *adap );
π ARGUMENTS π
adapβ the adapter π (that's the one and only thing you hand it, no cap)
π¦ DESCRIPTION π¦
So what does it actually do? It frees resources used by the SGE queue sets. That's it. That's the whole vibe. It's giving cleanup-era main character energy π
β you point it at adap and it lets go of the SGE queue set resources.
ngl the manpage is short and sweet here β no extra lore, no secret flags, just a function doing its one job π
π SEE ALSO π
okay this is the part where it gets ICONIC, because the cross-reference list is enormous and honestly kind of iconic of the cxgb4 driver π First up, the kernel file it lives in:
- Kernel file
./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
and then, the whole squad fr fr β every single one of these, no skips, no cuts π₯:
txq_avail(9)fl_cap(9)fl_starving(9)deferred_unmap_destructor(9)free_tx_desc(9)reclaim_completed_tx(9)cxgb4_reclaim_completed_tx(9)free_rx_bufs(9)unmap_rx_buf(9)refill_fl(9)alloc_ring(9)sgl_len(9)flits_to_desc(9)is_eth_imm(9)calc_tx_flits(9)cxgb4_write_sgl(9)cxgb4_ring_tx_db(9)cxgb4_inline_tx_skb(9)t4_sge_eth_txq_egress_update(9)cxgb4_eth_xmit(9)t4vf_is_eth_imm(9)t4vf_calc_tx_flits(9)cxgb4_vf_eth_xmit(9)reclaim_completed_tx_imm(9)cxgb4_ethofld_send_flowc(9)is_imm(9)ctrlq_check_stop(9)ctrl_xmit(9)restart_ctrlq(9)t4_mgmt_tx(9)is_ofld_imm(9)calc_tx_flits_ofld(9)txq_stop_maperr(9)ofldtxq_stop(9)service_ofldq(9)ofld_xmit(9)restart_ofldq(9)skb_txq(9)is_ctrl_pkt(9)t4_ofld_send(9)cxgb4_ofld_send(9)ofld_xmit_direct(9)t4_crypto_send(9)cxgb4_crypto_send(9)cxgb4_pktgl_to_skb(9)t4_pktgl_free(9)cxgb4_sgetim_to_hwtstamp(9)t4_systim_to_hwstamp(9)t4_rx_hststamp(9)t4_tx_hststamp(9)t4_tx_completion_handler(9)t4_ethrx_handler(9)restore_rx_bufs(9)is_new_response(9)rspq_next(9)process_responses(9)napi_rx_handler(9)t4_intr_handler(9)bar2_address(9)t4_sge_alloc_eth_txq(9)t4_sge_stop(9)t4_sge_init_soft(9)t4_sge_init(9)
likeβ¦ that's the whole friend group and they ALL showed up to the function's birthday party ππ
β¨ cute sign-off time β¨
this lil page comes from ./drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio... and it's dated October 2026 β so yeah, mark your calendar bestie ποΈπ mwah, go free those SGE resources π¦πΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms