skb_morph(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 skb_morph — a Kernel API Manual moment (section 9, kernel land, slay)

okay so bestie, welcome to skb_morph(9) ✨ literally the glow-up page for one very specific kernel function. no cap, it's short, it's cute, it's giving "small but mighty." let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

skb_morph — morph one skb into another 🦋

like. it literally morphs. the name ate and left no crumbs.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct sk_buff * skb_morph (struct sk_buff *dst , struct sk_buff *src );

that signature is the whole vibe check: you hand it two pointers to struct sk_buff and it hands one back 🫶

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • dst — the skb that receives the contents. she's the destination, the main character, the one getting the makeover 👑
  • src — the skb that supplies the contents. she's the source, the provider, the one lending out the lore 💜

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so here's the tea, bestie: this is identical to skb_clone — like, same energy, same behaviour — except that the target skb is supplied by the user. you're not getting a fresh target handed to you; you're bringing your own dst to the party 🎉

and then: the target skb is returned upon exit. that's it. that's the whole function. she comes back to you. periodt 💅

ngl, this one is short — but that's not a red flag, that's just a focused icon doing exactly one job and doing it well ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./net/core/skbuff.c — and the whole friend group chat of related functions, all present and accounted for, fr fr:

iykyk 💀 that's a lot of cousins at the family reunion, but every single one showed up 🌸

🧚 sign-off 🧚

this page lives in the source dir ./net/core and it's dated October 2026 — so bookmark it, screenshot it, send it to the group chat 💌 stay morphed, bestie 🫶💖

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