tipc_msg_try_bundle(9)

💅 tipc_msg_try_bundle — kernel API manual, but make it cute

Okay so bestie, this one is a kernel function from the tipc_msg_try_bundle(9) manual (that's the page name, and honestly it's giving "networking function that just wants to be helpful" energy) ✨

🎀 NAME

tipc_msg_try_bundle — literally just tries to bundle a new message onto the last one. That's the whole vibe. No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS

bool tipc_msg_try_bundle (struct sk_buff *tskb , struct sk_buff **skb ,
u32 mss , u32 dnode , bool *new_bundle );

🌸 ARGUMENTS

• tskb — the last/target message, aka the one our new message is gonna get appended to. It's the main character here 👑
• skb — the new message's skb pointer. Fresh out of the oven, hopefully gonna get merged in 🍓
• mss — max message size, and yes header is inclusive. Do not forget the header, bestie, it counts 😭
• dnode — the destination node for the message. Gotta know where it's going before you ship it 🦋
• new_bundle — tells you whether this call made a new bundle or not. Like a little receipt for your bundling 💅

🔥 RETURN

So the return value is a bool, and here's the tea:

• Returns "true" if the new message skb is potential for bundling this time or later — and in the case a bundling has been done this time, the skb is consumed (meaning skb pointer = NULL). She's gone. Absorbed. Iconic ✨
• Otherwise returns "false" if the skb cannot be bundled at all. It's not you, it's just... not bundleable 🙈

Lowkey important: when the bundling actually happens, that skb pointer becomes NULL — the skb got consumed by the bundle. Don't go touching it after, fr fr 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO

Kernel file ./net/tipc/msg.c and the whole little friend group: tipc_buf_acquire(9), tipc_msg_append(9), tipc_msg_fragment(9), tipc_msg_build(9), tipc_msg_bundle(9), tipc_msg_extract(9), tipc_msg_reverse(9), tipc_msg_lookup_dest(9) 🫶

And that's the page, bestie! Sourced from ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, and the page itself is tipc_msg_try_bundle(9) — go forth and bundle responsibly 💖🎀⭐