xt_write_recseq_end(9)

💅 xt_write_recseq_end(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this page is literally about ending a write section, and it's giving “short but important.” Main character energy only ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

xt_write_recseq_end — end of a write section. That's it, that's the vibe 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void xt_write_recseq_end (unsigned int addend );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• addend — the return value from the previous xt_write_recseq_begin. literally just pass that back in, bestie 🫶

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

End packet processing : all readers can proceed — periodt. That's the whole plot 💅

But okay, there are rules, and they are not optional:

1. Must be called with preemption disabled — no cap, this is a must.
2. softirqs must be disabled too (or we should use this_cpu_add) — like, don't skip this, fr fr 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these too, iykyk 👑

• Kernel file ./include/linux/netfilter/x_tables.h
• struct xt_action_param(9)
• struct xt_mtchk_param(9)
• struct xt_mtdtor_param(9)
• struct xt_tgchk_param(9)
• var xt_recseq(9)
• xt_write_recseq_begin(9)

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made with love from ./include/linux/netfilter, dated October 2026 💋✨ slay and goodbye 🎀