skb_queue_head(9)

💖 NAME 💖

Okay bestie, welcome to the skb_queue_head(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — manual name folded in near the top, exactly as requested, instead of copied as a boring header line. This function is literally skb_queue_head — queue a buffer at the list head. Slay. ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void skb_queue_head (struct sk_buff_head *list , struct sk_buff *newsk
       );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• list — the list to use. This is the list you're working with, bestie. 💅
• newsk — the buffer to queue. This is the buffer getting queued up. 🫶

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

This queues a buffer at the start of the list — like it's cutting the line at the head, but make it kernel. 👑

It takes the list lock, and it can be used safely with the other locking sk_buff functions — safely. Yes, safely appears twice in the original energy; we respect the lore. 🔥

🚨 Important vibe check: a buffer cannot be placed on two lists at the same time. Not even a little. 🚨

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

Kernel file ./net/core/skbuff.c — that's the source file. And here's the whole squad of related pages, no cap:

• 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_tail(9)
• skb_unlink(9)
• skb_append(9)
• skb_split(9)
• skb_shift(9)
• skb_prepare_seq_read(9)
• skb_seq_read(9)
• skb_abort_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)

Stay iconic, bestie 💅 — this page lives in ./net/core, is dated October 2026, and belongs to skb_queue_head(9). Periodt. 🫶