__vlan_hwaccel_clear_tag(9)

✨ __vlan_hwaccel_clear_tag — kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? It's a short one, which is a vibe. Let's get into it 🫶

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💖 NAME 💖

__vlan_hwaccel_clear_tag — clears out the hardware accelerated VLAN info. That's it. That's the whole girlboss job. 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void __vlan_hwaccel_clear_tag (struct sk_buff *skb );

No cap, that's the entire signature. Returns nothing (void), takes exactly one thing. Slay.

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — the skbuff you wanna clear. This is the main character of the operation, like the whole function exists for her 🌟

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So basically: it clears the VLAN information from skb. That's the description, verbatim in spirit, and honestly it ate — short, sweet, zero filler. The VLAN info? Gone. Cleared. Removed from the skb. Periodt. 💀✨

ngl this is one of those tiny little helpers where the name tells you literally everything, so don't overthink it 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The whole friend group, in the order the manpage lists them, from ./include/linux/if_vlan.h:

• struct vlan_ethhdr(9)
• struct vlan_pcpu_stats(9)
• struct vlan_priority_tci_mapping(9)
• struct vlan_dev_priv(9)
• eth_type_vlan(9)
• __vlan_insert_inner_tag(9)
• __vlan_insert_tag(9)
• vlan_insert_inner_tag(9)
• vlan_insert_tag(9)
• vlan_insert_tag_set_proto(9)
• __vlan_hwaccel_copy_tag(9)
• __vlan_hwaccel_put_tag(9)
• __vlan_get_tag(9)
• __vlan_hwaccel_get_tag(9)
• vlan_get_tag(9)
• vlan_get_protocol_offset_inline(9)
• vlan_get_protocol(9)
• vlan_remove_tag(9)
• skb_vlan_tagged(9)
• skb_vlan_tagged_multi(9)
• vlan_features_check(9)
• compare_vlan_header(9)

Like, that's the entire VLAN cinematic universe, go read them all, iykyk 🌈👑

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Anyways bestie, this page lives in ./include/linux and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, marking your calendar, this is the source/version moment of truth. Go clear those tags, icon. 🍓💜