ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(9)

🦋 ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(9) 🦋

Okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(9), and we’re gonna get you fully caught up, bestie. No cap. 💅

💖 NAME 💖

ieee80211_subif_start_xmit — netif start_xmit function for 802.3 vifs. Periodt. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

netdev_tx_t ieee80211_subif_start_xmit (struct sk_buff *skb , struct
       net_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — packet to be sent. Literally the packet in question.
• dev — incoming interface.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

On failure, skb will be freed. That’s the whole note, bestie — if this goes wrong, the skb gets freed. 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

The netdev TX status (but really only NETDEV_TX_OK). The way that’s the only realistic answer. 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/mac80211/tx.c
• ieee80211_build_hdr(9)

And that’s the page, bestie! 🎀 This one lives under ./net/mac80211, dated October 2026, and it’s the ieee80211_subif_start_xmit(9) manual page. Slay. 💖✨