dst_hold_safe(9)

💖 dst_hold_safe(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to dst_hold_safe(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the little page about taking a reference on a dst if possible. short, sweet, and very demure. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

dst_hold_safe — take a reference on a dst if possible.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool dst_hold_safe (struct dst_entry *dst );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dst — pointer to dst entry. that's the one we're checking on, bestie. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so this helper is giving “safe reference attempt” energy: it returns false if it could not safely take a reference on a dst. no cap, that's the whole move. 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./include/net/dst.h
• skb_dst_drop(9)
• skb_dst_force(9)
• __skb_tunnel_rx(9)
• skb_tunnel_rx(9)

these are the linked girlies, iykyk. 💜

mwah 💋 catch u later, bestie — this page is sourced from ./include/net and dated October 2026. 🫶✨