__skb_queue_head(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 NAME 🎀

__skb_queue_head — the "put this buffer at the FRONT of the list" function, no cap

so this is a __skb_queue_head(9) moment, from the Kernel API Manual, and bestie we are about to queue a buffer at the list head 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void __skb_queue_head (struct sk_buff_head *list , struct sk_buff *newsk
);

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. 🦋

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • list — the list you're working with. the actual list. the one you want the thing to go into 👑
  • newsk — the buffer you're queueing. the little guy going in at the front 🥺

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so the whole assignment here is: queue a buffer at the start of a list. front of the line. head of the list. main character position, literally first. 🌟

⚠️ but listen — this function takes no locks. none. zero. it does not protect you. you must therefore hold the required locks before you call it. this is a you problem, not a __skb_queue_head problem. 💀

and one more thing that is genuinely so important: a buffer cannot be placed on two lists at the same time. pick a list. one list. that's your list. no double-dipping 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file ./include/linux/skbuff.h — and honestly, the whole skb extended family, all of it, every single one, here they are:

like I said. the whole family. iykyk 💜

🌈 sign-off 🌈

this lil page lives over in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026, and it's filed under __skb_queue_head(9) in the Kernel API Manual — mwah, obsessed, no notes 💖✨🎀

go forth and hold your locks first, bestie 🫶🔥

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