ixgbevf_rx_checksum(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ixgbevf_rx_checksum — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, real talk: this is ixgbevf_rx_checksum(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly giving "tiny function, huge responsibility." 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

ixgbevf_rx_checksum — the function that flags in the skb whether the hardware said the checksum was good. like, it literally just tells the skb the tea about the cksum 🫶

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ixgbevf_rx_checksum (struct ixgbevf_ring *ring , union
ixgbe_adv_rx_desc *rx_desc , struct sk_buff *skb );

no cap, that's the whole signature. three args, zero drama (well, mostly — see below 😭).

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ring — the ring struct holding all the ring-specific data. it's the structure containing the ring specific data, bestie, and yes that's the whole description 💀 (the original says "containig," we're being cute about it, the meaning is identical 🍓)
  • rx_desc — the current Rx descriptor that's being processed right now, main character of this exact moment ✨
  • skb — the skb currently being received and modified. it's mid-glow-up, don't interrupt 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives at:

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

and here's the whole friend group, every single one, no gatekeeping 🫶:

ngl bestie, the whole page is basically "here's a function, here are its three args, here's everyone it hangs out with." short and iconic. periodt. 💜

and that's the whole vibe check, bestie — this one's sourced from ./drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i... and dated October 2026, so like… future-versioned and everything 🌈⭐ catch you in the next manpage, mwah 💖🧚

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