igbvf_receive_skb(9)

💖 igbvf_receive_skb(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to igbvf_receive_skb(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the little helper that handles Rx indications, and honestly? it's giving "quiet background character who actually runs the whole group chat" energy 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

igbvf_receive_skb — the helper function that handles Rx indications, no cap 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void igbvf_receive_skb (struct igbvf_adapter *adapter , struct
net_device *netdev , struct sk_buff *skb , u32 status , __le16 vlan );

like, that's the whole signature, copy it exactly, do not touch it 🔥

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so here's the cast of characters, and every single one matters:

• adapter — the board private structure 🧚 board's personal little diary, basically
• netdev — pointer to the netdev struct 🦋
• skb — pointer to the sk_buff that's gonna be indicated to the stack 👑 this is the main character fr fr
• status — the descriptor status field, exactly as written by hardware 💀 do not editorialize, hardware said what it said
• vlan — the descriptor vlan field, as written by hardware — and lowkey important: no le/be conversion happens here 🙈 so don't go assuming it's been prettied up for you

ngl, those last two are literally "raw hardware output, we do not convert, we do not fix, we just pass it along." periodt 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file lives right here, bookmark it bestie:

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igbvf/netdev.c

and now the whole iconic friend group — every single one, in order, iykyk:

igbvf_desc_unused(9), igbvf_alloc_rx_buffers(9), igbvf_clean_rx_irq(9), igbvf_setup_tx_resources(9), igbvf_setup_rx_resources(9), igbvf_clean_tx_ring(9), igbvf_free_tx_resources(9), igbvf_clean_rx_ring(9), igbvf_free_rx_resources(9), igbvf_update_itr(9), igbvf_clean_tx_irq(9), igbvf_configure_msix(9), igbvf_set_interrupt_capability(9), igbvf_request_msix(9), igbvf_alloc_queues(9), igbvf_request_irq(9), igbvf_irq_disable(9), igbvf_irq_enable(9), igbvf_poll(9), igbvf_set_rlpml(9), igbvf_configure_tx(9), igbvf_setup_srrctl(9), igbvf_configure_rx(9), igbvf_set_multi(9), igbvf_set_uni(9), igbvf_configure(9), igbvf_sw_init(9), igbvf_open(9), igbvf_close(9), igbvf_set_mac(9), igbvf_update_stats(9), igbvf_watchdog(9), igbvf_tx_timeout(9), igbvf_change_mtu(9), igbvf_io_error_detected(9), igbvf_io_slot_reset(9), igbvf_io_resume(9), igbvf_io_prepare(9), igbvf_io_reset_done(9), igbvf_probe(9), igbvf_remove(9), igbvf_init_module(9), igbvf_exit_module(9)

like, that's forty-plus functions and every single one is a baddie in their own right 💜

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okay that's the whole page bestie 🎀 cute little sign-off time: this one came from source ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and it's dated October 2026, footer tag igbvf_receive_skb(9) and all ✨ go forth and indicate your skbs responsibly 💖