ixgbe_ipsec_rx(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbe_ipsec_rx — aka the ixgbe_ipsec_rx(9) page 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is a little function from the ixgbe driver that peeks at your receive descriptor and goes "hmm, was that ipsec??" 🕵️‍♀️ it's a void, so it returns literally nothing, no cap — it just ✨does vibes✨ and sets stuff up for later.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ixgbe_ipsec_rx (struct ixgbe_ring *rx_ring , union
ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc , struct sk_buff *skb );

like, that's the whole signature 🎀 three args, zero return value, main character energy only.

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • rx_ring — the receiving ring 💫 the ring that's out here receiving, doing its little ring things.
  • rx_desc — the receive data descriptor 🌸 this is the descriptor holding the receive data, okurrr.
  • skb — the current data packet 🦋 the packet of the moment, the it-girl of this function call.

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what does it do? it checks whether an ipsec encapsulation was noticed 👀 — and if it was, it sets up the resulting status so the rest of the receive stack can deal with it later. literally that's it. no drama, just status setup for later 💅

ngl it's a "notice and hand off" situation — it doesn't do the whole ipsec thing itself, it just makes sure the status is there for the receive stack downstream 🫡

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole ixgbe ipsec extended universe, fr fr:

okay that's the whole page bestie, ily, go read the source 🧚‍♀️💜

this cutie lives at ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... (yes that's the truncated path, the manpage said so, don't come for me 😭) and it's stamped October 2026 — like, future icon behavior honestly 🔥👑 slay, periodt. 💖

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