dev_remove_offload(9)

💅 dev_remove_offload — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so welcome to dev_remove_offload, straight out of the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel API, iykyk). this is the little cleanup function that takes an offload handler back out of the kernel. let's get into it 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

dev_remove_offload — remove packet offload handler 🧹💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void dev_remove_offload (struct packet_offload *po );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• po — packet offload declaration. that's the thing you're yeeting out of the kernel's lists, no cap 🌈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so picture this: you've got a packet offload handler, and it's just sitting there in the kernel offload handlers, chilling. this function removes it. specifically, it's the handler that was previously added by dev_add_offload — so like, you added it, now you're taking it back, main character energy on both ends 💅✨

the passed offload_type is removed from the kernel lists, and once this function returns, it can be freed or reused. literally, it's yours again, do what you want with it 🫶

and here's the important bit, bestie — this call sleeps. it sleeps to guarantee that no CPU is looking at the packet type after return. so when it comes back to you, everybody else is done looking. it's giving safety, it's giving certainty, it's giving "we checked, you're good" 😌👑

ngl the sleep is the whole point — that's the guarantee. don't be out here assuming it's instant, because it's literally not 🛑💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

• Kernel file ./net/core/gro.c 🌸
• dev_add_offload(9) 👑
• __dev_remove_offload(9) 💀

and that's the page, bestie!! 🌈⭐ this one lives in ./net/core, and the version/date on the little footer stamp is October 2026 — so like, mark your calendar or whatever 💖🎀🦋 periodt ✨