skb_dst_drop(9)

💅 skb_dst_drop(9) — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for skb_dst_drop(9) — literally the lil cleanup queen of the networking stack 🧚

🌸 NAME 🌸

skb_dst_drop — drops skb dst. periodt. that's the whole gig 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void skb_dst_drop (struct sk_buff *skb );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — the buffer. that's it, that's the argument 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Drops the dst reference count if a reference was taken. no cap — it's conditional, so if nobody took a ref, this function is just vibing and does nothing 😌 iykyk

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

• Kernel file ./include/net/dst.h
• dst_hold_safe(9)
• skb_dst_force(9)
• __skb_tunnel_rx(9)
• skb_tunnel_rx(9)

go read those too, they're iconic 👑

ngl this one's short and sweet — but like, dropping a reference count is real main character energy. forget it and you leak. remember it and you slay 💀✨

k bye ily, this page came from ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it's filed under skb_dst_drop(9) 🎀💖