rte_ip_frag_death_row(3)

💖 rte_ip_frag_death_row 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're looking at a page from the DPDK manual — manual name rte_ip_frag_death_row, section 3 — and honestly? the name alone is giving main character energy. it's a struct, it lives in rte_ip_frag.h, and it's the little waiting room where mbufs go right before they get freed. dramatic? yes. necessary? also yes. periodt. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

rte_ip_frag_death_row — not a function, bestie, it's a struct. no cap.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

#include <rte_ip_frag.h>

🌸 Data Fields 🌸

uint32_t cnt
struct rte_mbuf * row [RTE_IP_FRAG_DEATH_ROW_MBUF_LEN]

like, two whole fields. tiny struct, huge responsibility. iconic. 👑

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🦋 Detailed Description 🦋

mbuf death row (packets to be freed)

fr fr, that's the whole vibe. this struct is literally just a holding pen for mbufs that are about to be freed — packets on their last lap. 🌈

💀 a "death row" in kernel/networking land is a totally normal pattern: instead of freeing packets right in the middle of a hot path, you park them in a list and free them later, in a batch, when it's safe. this struct is that list.

Definition at line 38 of file rte_ip_frag.h.

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💜 Field Documentation 💜

• uint32_t cnt — the number of mbufs currently on death row. yeah, it's keeping count. somebody has to. 😭

Definition at line 39 of file rte_ip_frag.h.

• struct rte_mbuf* row[RTE_IP_FRAG_DEATH_ROW_MBUF_LEN] — the actual mbufs to be freed. this is the lineup, bestie. 🫶

Definition at line 40 of file rte_ip_frag.h.

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👑 Author 👑

Generated automatically by Doxygen for DPDK from the source code.

(yes, a robot wrote the original. we're all just out here doing our best. 💀✨)

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this little struct came to you courtesy of DPDK, Version 25.11.3, and the manual page rte_ip_frag_death_row(3). go forth and free your mbufs responsibly, bestie — no leaks, only slay. 💖🌟🦋