ice_pkt_insert_u8(9)

💅 ice_pkt_insert_u8(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — section 9, where the kernel girlies live. this page is about one tiny but iconic function, and yes, we're gonna read it together. periodt.

✨ NAME ✨

ice_pkt_insert_u8 — insert a u8 value into a memory buffer. that's the whole vibe: one u8, one buffer, zero cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

the signature is serving exactly this, bestie — don't improvise:

void ice_pkt_insert_u8 (u8 *pkt , int offset , u8 data );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• pkt — packet buffer. the memory buffer receiving the insert, main character energy.
• offset — offset into buffer. literally the spot in the buffer we're aiming at.
• data — 8 bit value to convert and insert into pkt at offset. yes bestie, it's giving "convert then insert" at that exact offset.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file repping this page is ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_fdir.c — go look if you need the full lore.

and the whole friend group is here, no skips, iykyk:

• ice_set_dflt_val_fd_desc(9)
• ice_set_fd_desc_val(9)
• ice_fdir_get_prgm_desc(9)
• ice_alloc_fd_res_cntr(9)
• ice_free_fd_res_cntr(9)
• ice_alloc_fd_guar_item(9)
• ice_alloc_fd_shrd_item(9)
• ice_get_fdir_cnt_all(9)
• ice_pkt_insert_ipv6_addr(9)
• ice_pkt_insert_u6_qfi(9)
• ice_pkt_insert_u8_tc(9)
• ice_pkt_insert_u16(9)
• ice_pkt_insert_u32(9)
• ice_pkt_insert_mac_addr(9)
• ice_fdir_get_gen_prgm_pkt(9)
• ice_fdir_has_frag(9)
• ice_fdir_find_fltr_by_idx(9)
• ice_fdir_list_add_fltr(9)
• ice_fdir_update_cntrs(9)
• ice_cmp_ipv6_addr(9)
• ice_fdir_comp_rules(9)
• ice_fdir_is_dup_fltr(9)

that's the page, bestie 💖 this one's signing off from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice, dated October 2026, with footer page id ice_pkt_insert_u8(9) — xoxo, go insert responsibly 💅✨🎀