skb_fill_page_desc(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is skb_fill_page_desc(9), straight outta the Kernel API Manual — and it’s literally the little function that initialises a paged fragment in an skb. bestie, we’re in kernel networking land now. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void skb_fill_page_desc (struct sk_buff *skb , int i , struct page *page
       , int off , int size );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • skb — the buffer containing the fragment that’s getting initialised.
  • i — the paged fragment index you’re initialising.
  • page — the page to use for this fragment.
  • off — the offset to the data with page.
  • size — the length of the data.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

As per __skb_fill_page_desc — it initialises the i'th fragment of skb so it points to size bytes at offset off within page. On top of that, it updates skb so that i is the last fragment. periodt. 💅

It does not take any additional reference on the fragment. no extra ref, no surprise baggage. 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole squad, no skips, no cap:

that’s the tea from source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026 — skb_fill_page_desc(9) signing off, mwah 💋🎀

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