eth_rebuild_header(9)

eth_rebuild_header9

Rebuild the ethernet mac header.

Usage

int eth_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff * skb);

Arguments

skb

socket buffer to update

Overview

This is called after an ARP or IPV6 ndisc it's resolution on this sk_buff. We now let protocol (ARP) fill in the other fields.

This routine CANNOT use cached dst->neigh! Really, it is used only when dst->neigh is wrong.

Releases

5 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 4 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0
  4. 7
  5. 8

From linux-manual-3.16 3.16.56-1+deb8u1 in Debian 8 (Jessie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.