ipa_endpoint_skb_tx(9)

💅 ipa_endpoint_skb_tx(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel, you've got a socket buffer with main character energy, and it needs to go out. that's literally this function. we're in the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and yes this is a real one 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ipa_endpoint_skb_tx — transmit a socket buffer, no cap, that's the whole job 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ipa_endpoint_skb_tx (struct ipa_endpoint *endpoint , struct sk_buff
*skb );

like, look at her. two args, one int. iconic.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• endpoint — Endpoint pointer 💫 — you know, the pointer to the endpoint. she's the one holding it down.
• skb — Socket buffer to send 🔥 — this is the actual buffer going out the door. bye bestie, travel safe.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 if successful, or a negative error code 😭 — so if you get a negative back, that's your vibe check failing, ngl.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ipa/ipa_endpoint.c — go read the source, iykyk 👑
• ipa_endpoint_suspend_aggr(9)
• ipa_endpoint_init_hdr(9)
• ipa_endpoint_replenish(9)
• ipa_endpoint_reset_rx_aggr(9)

the whole friend group, fr fr 💜

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lowkey reminder: 0 = slay, negative = not slay. that's it, that's the caveat 💀

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and that's the page, bestie!! brought to you by ./drivers/net/ipa, dated October 2026, man page ipa_endpoint_skb_tx(9) — periodt 🧚💖