idpf_tx_drop_skb(9)

✨ idpf_tx_drop_skb 💅 (kernel API manual, section 9, bestie)

okay so this is idpf_tx_drop_skb from section 9 of the kernel API manual, and it is literally the "k, we're done here, yeet the skb" function. it's short. it's sweet. it's giving cleanup arc. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

idpf_tx_drop_skb — free the SKB and bump tail if necessary

no cap, that's the whole gig: release the sk_buff, and nudge the tail along when it needs nudging. tiny function, main character energy. ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

netdev_tx_t idpf_tx_drop_skb (struct idpf_tx_queue *tx_q , struct
sk_buff *skb );

that's it. two args. clean. iconic. 💜

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• tx_q — the queue you're sending the buffer on. it's a struct idpf_tx_queue *, so like, a whole queue. yes queen, know your queue. 👑
• skb — pointer to the skb. that's the struct sk_buff * bestie, the actual packet-shaped thing we're dropping. 🫶

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

always NETDEV_TX_OK.

always. every single time. it does not miss. it does not have a bad day. NETDEV_TX_OK periodt. 🔥

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

so like. there are a lot of friends here and we are NOT leaving a single one out, because they all ate and they all deserve their flowers. 💐

🎀 the file itself 🎀

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf/idpf_txrx.c

💖 tx / rx friends 💖

• idpf_chk_linearize(9), idpf_tx_timeout(9), idpf_tx_buf_rel_all(9), idpf_tx_desc_rel(9), idpf_compl_desc_rel(9), idpf_tx_desc_rel_all(9), idpf_tx_buf_alloc_all(9), idpf_tx_desc_alloc(9), idpf_compl_desc_alloc(9), idpf_tx_desc_alloc_all(9), idpf_rx_page_rel(9), idpf_rx_hdr_buf_rel_all(9), idpf_rx_buf_rel_bufq(9), idpf_rx_buf_rel_all(9), idpf_rx_desc_rel(9), idpf_rx_desc_rel_bufq(9), idpf_rx_desc_rel_all(9), idpf_rx_buf_hw_update(9), idpf_rx_hdr_buf_alloc_all(9), idpf_post_buf_refill(9), idpf_rx_post_buf_desc(9), idpf_rx_post_init_bufs(9), idpf_rx_buf_alloc_singleq(9), idpf_rx_bufs_init_singleq(9), idpf_rx_buf_alloc_all(9), idpf_rx_bufs_init(9), idpf_rx_bufs_init_all(9), idpf_rx_desc_alloc(9), idpf_bufq_desc_alloc(9), idpf_rx_desc_alloc_all(9)
• idpf_vector_to_queue_set(9), idpf_qp_switch(9), idpf_txq_group_rel(9), idpf_rxq_sw_queue_rel(9), idpf_rxq_group_rel(9), idpf_vport_queue_grp_rel_all(9), idpf_vport_queues_rel(9), idpf_vport_init_fast_path_txqs(9), idpf_vport_init_num_qs(9), idpf_vport_calc_num_q_desc(9), idpf_vport_calc_total_qs(9), idpf_vport_calc_num_q_groups(9), idpf_vport_calc_numq_per_grp(9), idpf_rxq_set_descids(9), idpf_txq_group_alloc(9), idpf_rxq_group_alloc(9), idpf_vport_queue_grp_alloc_all(9), idpf_vport_queues_alloc(9)
• idpf_tx_read_tstamp(9), idpf_tx_splitq_clean(9), idpf_tx_clean_bufs(9), idpf_tx_handle_rs_completion(9), idpf_tx_clean_complq(9), idpf_wait_for_sw_marker_completion(9), idpf_tx_splitq_build_ctb(9), idpf_tx_splitq_build_flow_desc(9), idpf_txq_has_room(9), idpf_tx_maybe_stop_splitq(9), idpf_tx_buf_hw_update(9), idpf_tx_res_count_required(9), idpf_tx_splitq_bump_ntu(9), idpf_tx_get_free_buf_id(9), idpf_tx_splitq_pkt_err_unmap(9), idpf_tx_splitq_map(9), idpf_tso(9), idpf_tx_splitq_get_ctx_desc(9), idpf_tx_tstamp(9), idpf_tx_set_tstamp_desc(9), idpf_tx_splitq_need_re(9), idpf_tx_splitq_frame(9), idpf_tx_start(9)
• idpf_rx_hash(9), idpf_rx_csum(9), idpf_rx_splitq_extract_csum_bits(9), idpf_rx_rsc(9), idpf_rx_hwtstamp(9), __idpf_rx_process_skb_fields(9), idpf_rx_hsplit_wa(9), idpf_rx_splitq_test_staterr(9), idpf_rx_splitq_is_eop(9), idpf_rx_splitq_clean(9), idpf_rx_update_bufq_desc(9), idpf_rx_clean_refillq(9), idpf_rx_clean_refillq_all(9)

🦋 interrupt / napi / dim squad 🦋

• idpf_vport_intr_clean_queues(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_del_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_dis_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_rel(9), idpf_vport_intr_rel_irq(9), idpf_vport_intr_dis_irq_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_buildreg_itr(9), idpf_update_dim_sample(9), idpf_net_dim(9), idpf_vport_intr_update_itr_ena_irq(9), idpf_vport_intr_req_irq(9), idpf_vport_intr_write_itr(9), idpf_vport_intr_ena_irq_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_dis_dim_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_deinit(9), idpf_tx_dim_work(9), idpf_rx_dim_work(9), idpf_init_dim(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_ena_all(9), idpf_tx_splitq_clean_all(9), idpf_rx_splitq_clean_all(9), idpf_vport_splitq_napi_poll(9), idpf_vport_intr_map_vector_to_qs(9), idpf_vport_intr_init_vec_idx(9), idpf_vport_intr_napi_add_all(9), idpf_vport_intr_alloc(9), idpf_vport_intr_init(9)

🫶 rss besties 🫶

• idpf_config_rss(9), idpf_fill_dflt_rss_lut(9), idpf_init_rss_lut(9), idpf_deinit_rss_lut(9)

like i said. everyone gets an invite. iykyk. 💅

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that's the whole page bestie, short and slay 💖 — this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/idpf, dated October 2026, and that's the vibe check, we're done here ⭐💜