__dev_remove_offload(9)

💅 __dev_remove_offload — remove offload handler

okay so bestie, you clicked on the __dev_remove_offload(9) page in the Kernel API Manual and honestly? iconic choice. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

__dev_remove_offload — remove offload handler 🧹

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void __dev_remove_offload (struct packet_offload *po );

literally that's the whole signature. no cap. 🌈

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• po — packet offload declaration 💖 (yes that's the whole param, she's a pointer to struct packet_offload and she's doing her best)

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so here's the tea, bestie: this function removes a protocol offload handler that was previously added to the kernel offload handlers by dev_add_offload. the passed offload_type is removed from the kernel lists and can be freed or reused once this function returns ✨

🚨 okay pausing for a vibe check because this next part is important — the packet type might still be in use by receivers, and it must not be freed until after all the CPU's have gone through a quiescent state. fr fr, do not skip this. the way that "all the CPU's" is doing the heaviest lifting here 😭 respect it.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./net/core/gro.c
• dev_add_offload(9)
• dev_remove_offload(9)

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okay that's the whole page, you ate that 🫶 this lil gem lives in ./net/core, it's the October 2026 edition of the __dev_remove_offload(9) Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's giving main character energy for a function that just quietly unlinks stuff from a list. periodt 💜🌸