iavf_process_skb_fields(9)

💅 iavf_process_skb_fields(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense 🎀

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (yes, the iavf_process_skb_fields(9) one, you're in the right place bestie ✨), and honestly? It's giving "tiny function, big job." Let's get into it 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

iavf_process_skb_fields — populates the skb header fields from the Rx descriptor, no cap 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void iavf_process_skb_fields (const struct iavf_ring *rx_ring , const
       struct iavf_rx_desc *rx_desc , struct sk_buff *skb , u32 ptype , bool
       flex );

like... five arguments, void return, zero drama. we love a clean signature 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• rx_ring — the rx descriptor ring that this packet is being transacted on. it's the whole vibe, the context, the home base 🏠
• rx_desc — pointer to the EOP Rx descriptor. that's End Of Packet, iykyk 👑
• skb — pointer to the current skb being populated. this is the main character, we're filling it in 💅
• ptype — the packet type decoded by hardware. hardware already did the homework, we're just using it 📝
• flex — is the descriptor flex or legacy? bool, so it's a yes/no, not a whole essay 🙈

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

ok so picture this: this function checks the ring, the descriptor, and the packet information, and then it populates all the fun fields inside the skb — the hash, the checksum, the VLAN, the protocol, and other fields too. it's literally the glow-up pass for your skb, going field by field until everything's cute and correct ✨🔥

no guessing, no shortcuts — it looks at what it's got and fills in what it can 🧚

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

also the kernel file lives here: ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf/iavf_txrx.c 📁

and the whole friend group shows up:

iavf_is_descriptor_done(9), iavf_unmap_and_free_tx_resource(9), iavf_clean_tx_ring(9), iavf_free_tx_resources(9), iavf_get_tx_pending(9), iavf_force_wb(9), iavf_detect_recover_hung(9), iavf_clean_tx_irq(9), iavf_enable_wb_on_itr(9), iavf_update_itr(9), iavf_setup_tx_descriptors(9), iavf_clean_rx_ring(9), iavf_free_rx_resources(9), iavf_setup_rx_descriptors(9), iavf_release_rx_desc(9), iavf_receive_skb(9), iavf_alloc_rx_buffers(9), iavf_rx_csum(9), iavf_legacy_rx_csum(9), iavf_flex_rx_csum(9), iavf_legacy_rx_hash(9), iavf_flex_rx_hash(9), iavf_flex_rx_tstamp(9), iavf_cleanup_headers(9), iavf_add_rx_frag(9), iavf_build_skb(9), iavf_is_non_eop(9), iavf_extract_legacy_rx_fields(9), iavf_extract_flex_rx_fields(9), iavf_clean_rx_irq(9), iavf_update_enable_itr(9), iavf_napi_poll(9), iavf_tx_prepare_vlan_flags(9), iavf_tso(9), iavf_tx_enable_csum(9), iavf_create_tx_ctx(9), __iavf_chk_linearize(9), __iavf_maybe_stop_tx(9), iavf_tx_map(9), iavf_xmit_frame_ring(9), iavf_xmit_frame(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌈 this one came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/iavf and it's dated October 2026 — go off, king 👑💖 mwah, bye 🫶