skb_abort_seq_read(9)

💅 skb_abort_seq_read(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to skb_abort_seq_read(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this one is short and sweet, but it's a cleanup function, so it lowkey matters a lot 👑

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🌸 NAME 🌸

skb_abort_seq_read — abort a sequential read of skb data 🛑

Like, you started walking through the packet's data one chunk at a time, and now you're bailing. No shame. It happens.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void skb_abort_seq_read (struct skb_seq_state *st );

Returns nothing (void) — she just does the thing and leaves 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• st — state variable 🫶 the little struct that's been holding onto your progress through the sequential read. You hand her the state so she knows what to clean up.

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⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Okay so here's the vibe check: you must call this if skb_seq_read was not called until it returned 0. 😭

Like — if you peaced out of the sequential read early? You owe this function a call. Periodt. It's the "hey, I'm done here, wrap it up" button for a sequence you didn't finish the polite way.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The whole crew, fr fr — and yeah, the kernel file ./net/core/skbuff.c is where the magic lives 💖

• drop_reasons_register_subsys(9)
• drop_reasons_unregister_subsys(9)
• skb_panic(9)
• napi_skb_cache_get_bulk(9)
• __build_skb(9)
• build_skb_around(9)
• __napi_build_skb(9)
• napi_build_skb(9)
• __alloc_skb(9)
• __netdev_alloc_skb(9)
• napi_alloc_skb(9)
• skb_pp_cow_data(9)
• skb_pp_frag_ref(9)
• __kfree_skb(9)
• sk_skb_reason_drop(9)
• skb_tx_error(9)
• consume_skb(9)
• __consume_stateless_skb(9)
• napi_consume_skb(9)
• alloc_skb_for_msg(9)
• skb_morph(9)
• skb_copy_ubufs(9)
• skb_clone(9)
• skb_copy(9)
• __pskb_copy_fclone(9)
• pskb_expand_head(9)
• skb_expand_head(9)
• skb_copy_expand(9)
• __skb_pad(9)
• pskb_put(9)
• skb_put(9)
• skb_push(9)
• skb_pull(9)
• skb_pull_data(9)
• skb_trim(9)
• __pskb_pull_tail(9)
• skb_copy_bits(9)
• skb_store_bits(9)
• skb_zerocopy(9)
• skb_dequeue(9)
• skb_dequeue_tail(9)
• skb_queue_purge_reason(9)
• skb_rbtree_purge(9)
• skb_queue_head(9)
• skb_queue_tail(9)
• skb_unlink(9)
• skb_append(9)
• skb_split(9)
• skb_shift(9)
• skb_prepare_seq_read(9)
• skb_seq_read(9)
• skb_copy_seq_read(9)
• skb_find_text(9)
• skb_pull_rcsum(9)
• skb_segment(9)
• skb_to_sgvec(9)
• skb_cow_data(9)
• skb_clone_sk(9)
• skb_partial_csum_set(9)
• skb_checksum_setup(9)
• skb_checksum_maybe_trim(9)
• skb_checksum_trimmed(9)
• skb_try_coalesce(9)
• skb_scrub_packet(9)
• skb_eth_pop(9)
• skb_eth_push(9)
• skb_mpls_push(9)
• skb_mpls_pop(9)
• skb_mpls_update_lse(9)
• skb_mpls_dec_ttl(9)
• alloc_skb_with_frags(9)
• skb_condense(9)
• __skb_ext_alloc(9)
• __skb_ext_set(9)
• skb_ext_add(9)
• skb_attempt_defer_free(9)
• skb_splice_from_iter(9)

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bestie reminder 📌: this page lives in the kernel file ./net/core/skbuff.c — that's the source, no cap.

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🌈 and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 sign-off time: this lil gem comes from the ./net/core directory, dated October 2026. go forth and abort your sequential reads responsibly 🧚‍♀️💜