tsk_advance_rx_queue(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tsk_advance_rx_queue — a little kernel moment, explained

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today (yes, the kernel kernel, we're fancy now 👑) and the star of the show is tsk_advance_rx_queue(9). she's small, she's specific, she does exactly one thing. let's get into it ✨

✨ NAME ✨

tsk_advance_rx_queue — literally just discard first buffer in socket receive queue 🗑️💖

that's it. that's her whole job. no cap.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void tsk_advance_rx_queue (struct sock *sk );

no return value, she doesn't return things, she does things 💅 (well, void things)

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • sk — network socket 💻✨ (yes, the struct sock one, the actual socket, that one)

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so basically: Caller must hold socket lock 🔒😤

like, that's not optional, that's not a suggestion, that's the vibe check. you, the caller, you need to be holding that socket lock. not me. not the intern. you. periodt.

⚠️ fr fr read this part twice: caller must hold socket lock. that's the whole description, she's not wordy about it, she just needs you to be locked and correct 🫶

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

bestie this list is long and honestly it ate 🔥 here's the whole friend group, all of them, every single one, no skipping:

like I said. the whole group chat. 💀💖

anyway that's the page, ily, go hold that socket lock 🫶✨

this has been ./net/tipc business, October 2026 edition — mwah, bye bestie 🎀🦋💜

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