tso_start_new_packet(9)

💖 tso_start_new_packet(9) 💖

okay bestie, this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and we're talking about tso_start_new_packet — the little function that makes a fresh header and gets everything ready for the new packet. it's giving kernel networking main character energy, no cap. 🦋✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

tso_start_new_packet — generate a new header and prepare for the new packet. periodt. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tso_start_new_packet (struct efx_tx_queue *tx_queue , const struct
sk_buff *skb , struct tso_state *st );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• tx_queue — Efx TX queue. literally the queue, bestie. 👑
• skb — Socket buffer. 🫶
• st — TSO state. 💫

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Generate a new header and prepare for the new packet. Return 0 on success, or -ENOMEM if failed to alloc header, or other negative error. that's the whole vibe check — success is 0, and failure can be -ENOMEM (couldn't alloc that header) or another negative error. 😭💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/sfc/tx_tso.c, struct tso_state(9), efx_tx_queue_insert(9), tso_fill_packet_with_fragment(9), and efx_enqueue_skb_tso(9). go read those too, bestie — iykyk. 📚💜

mwah 💋 this page comes from source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/sfc and is dated October 2026 — slay, that's the sign-off. 🎀