br_forward(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the br_forward(9) page from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the group-chat recap, but make it kernel 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

br_forward — forward a packet to a specific port. that's literally the whole mission, no cap 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the signature, bestie — keep it exact:

void br_forward (const struct net_bridge_port *to , struct sk_buff *skb
, bool local_rcv , bool local_orig );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• to — destination port. the port the packet is headed to 👑
• skb — packet being forwarded. the actual packet, main character energy 📦
• local_rcv — packet will be received locally after forwarding. so it still gets a local receive moment after the forward, iykyk 🫶
• local_orig — packet is locally originated. this one is homegrown, fr fr 🌱

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

real talk: the way that this one should be called with rcu_read_lock — that's the rule right there, periodt. no extra lore, that's it 😌

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./net/bridge/br_forward.c — go look, bestie, that's where the lore lives 📖

xoxo, this was br_forward(9) from source/version ./net/bridge, dated October 2026 💜🦋