i40e_process_skb_fields(9)

💅 NAME 💅

i40e_process_skb_fields — Populate skb header fields from Rx descriptor. This one is from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's literally all about this one function.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void i40e_process_skb_fields (struct i40e_ring *rx_ring , union
i40e_rx_desc *rx_desc , struct sk_buff *skb );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• rx_ring — the rx descriptor ring packet is being transacted on. Yes, that's the exact vibe: the ring where the packet is being transacted.
• rx_desc — pointer to the EOP Rx descriptor. EOP, iykyk.
• skb — pointer to current skb being populated. We're filling this one in 💖.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Okay so here's the whole thing: i40e_process_skb_fields checks the ring, descriptor, and packet information in order to populate the hash, checksum, VLAN, protocol, and other fields within the skb. That's it — it's giving "packet metadata glow-up" and honestly? Iconic ✨.

🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_txrx.c. And here's the full bestie group chat — every single reference, no skips, periodt:

• i40e_fdir(9)
• i40e_program_fdir_filter(9)
• i40e_create_dummy_packet(9)
• i40e_create_dummy_udp_packet(9)
• i40e_create_dummy_tcp_packet(9)
• i40e_create_dummy_sctp_packet(9)
• i40e_prepare_fdir_filter(9)
• i40e_change_filter_num(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir_udp(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir_tcp(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir_sctp(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir_ip(9)
• i40e_add_del_fdir(9)
• i40e_fd_handle_status(9)
• i40e_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(9)
• i40e_clean_tx_ring(9)
• i40e_free_tx_resources(9)
• i40e_get_tx_pending(9)
• i40e_detect_recover_hung(9)
• i40e_clean_tx_irq(9)
• i40e_enable_wb_on_itr(9)
• i40e_force_wb(9)
• i40e_update_itr(9)
• i40e_reuse_rx_page(9)
• i40e_clean_programming_status(9)
• i40e_setup_tx_descriptors(9)
• i40e_clean_rx_ring(9)
• i40e_free_rx_resources(9)
• i40e_setup_rx_descriptors(9)
• i40e_release_rx_desc(9)
• i40e_alloc_mapped_page(9)
• i40e_alloc_rx_buffers(9)
• i40e_rx_checksum(9)
• i40e_rx_hash(9)
• i40e_cleanup_headers(9)
• i40e_can_reuse_rx_page(9)
• i40e_rx_buffer_flip(9)
• i40e_get_rx_buffer(9)
• i40e_put_rx_buffer(9)
• i40e_process_rx_buffs(9)
• i40e_construct_skb(9)
• i40e_build_skb(9)
• i40e_is_non_eop(9)
• i40e_run_xdp(9)
• i40e_xdp_ring_update_tail(9)
• i40e_update_rx_stats(9)
• i40e_finalize_xdp_rx(9)
• i40e_inc_ntp(9)
• i40e_add_xdp_frag(9)
• i40e_consume_xdp_buff(9)
• i40e_clean_rx_irq(9)
• i40e_buildreg_itr(9)
• i40e_update_enable_itr(9)
• i40e_napi_poll(9)
• i40e_atr(9)
• i40e_tx_prepare_vlan_flags(9)
• i40e_tso(9)
• i40e_tsyn(9)
• i40e_tx_enable_csum(9)
• i40e_create_tx_ctx(9)
• __i40e_maybe_stop_tx(9)
• __i40e_chk_linearize(9)
• i40e_tx_map(9)
• i40e_xmit_xdp_ring(9)
• i40e_xmit_frame_ring(9)
• i40e_lan_xmit_frame(9)
• i40e_xdp_xmit(9)

Source/version: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e — date: October 2026 — page: i40e_process_skb_fields(9). That's the footer, bestie; love u, bye 💖