ixgbevf_ipsec_rx(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 ixgbevf_ipsec_rx — bestie edition 💖

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? it's a little guy with a big job. sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's go.

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_ipsec_rx — the function that decodes the IPsec bits out of an Rx descriptor. yes, that Rx descriptor. she's decoding. she's slaying. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_ipsec_rx (struct ixgbevf_ring *rx_ring , union
ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc , struct sk_buff *skb );

three params, void return, no notes. it's giving "i do one thing and i do it well" energy. 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rx_ring — the receiving ring. her ring. the one she's working with. 💍
  • rx_desc — the receive data descriptor, aka the lil data package she has to look inside.
  • skb — the current data packet. the main character of this whole story, fr fr.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so what she actually does: she checks whether an IPsec encapsulation was noticed on this descriptor 👀 — and if there was one, she sets up the resulting status so the receive stack can deal with it later. lowkey a team player. highkey essential. 🫶

no IPsec encapsulation spotted? she just moves along, no drama, no notes. 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file herself lives at:

./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbevf/ipsec.c

and here's the whole friend group, no cap — every single one of them:

like... a whole squad. the group chat is poppin' off. ✨

💜 quick vibe check: ixgbevf_ipsec_rx returns void — nothing comes back out, she handles her business internally. no return value to obsess over. 🎀

okay that's the whole page, bestie, you ate that. 🍓💅 this cutie came from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i..., dated October 2026, and she goes by ixgbevf_ipsec_rx(9) — periodt. 🌟

📦 where this page comes from