process_rxed_802_11_packet(9)

✨ process_rxed_802_11_packet(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Linux Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's from the process_rxed_802_11_packet(9) page and it's literally all about what happens when a packet shows up and needs to go upstairs, iykyk.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

process_rxed_802_11_packet — processes a received 802.11 packet and forwards it to the kernel/upper layer 🫶

like, it takes that freshly-received packet and hands it off to the grown-ups. main character energy fr fr.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int process_rxed_802_11_packet (struct lbs_private *priv , struct sk_buff *skb );

that's the whole signature, no cap. returns an int, takes two pointers. gorgeous.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• priv — a pointer to struct lbs_private. that's your driver's private little world 💖
• skb — a pointer to skb which includes the received packet. the packet is literally in there, go get it ✨

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

0 or -1

that's it. that's the whole range. iconic minimalism 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/wireless/marvell/libertas/rx.c — like, go read the source bestie, it's right there 🍓
• lbs_process_rxed_packet(9)
• convert_mv_rate_to_radiotap(9)

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ngl if you're poking around libertas rx paths, those two siblings above are your next stops. no notes. 🧚

and that's the vibe check, bestie — this little page comes to you from Kernel API Manual, source/version ./drivers/net/wireless/marvell..., dated October 2026. slay, go forward packets responsibly 💜✨🎀