af_alg_sndbuf(9)

✨ af_alg_sndbuf(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for af_alg_sndbuf(9) — it’s giving tiny-but-iconic helper energy, and we’re gonna read it together. no cap. 💖

💖 NAME 💖

af_alg_sndbuf — Size of available buffer for sending data from user space to kernel. the way that this is exactly what it says on the tin? obsessed. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

this is the whole signature, bestie — copy it exactly:

int af_alg_sndbuf (struct sock *sk );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so there’s exactly one argument and she’s doing main character energy:

• sk — socket of connection to user space. that’s the whole vibe. 🫶

🦋 RETURN 🦋

the return value is literally the number of bytes still available. no extra lore, no plot twist. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go read these next, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./include/crypto/if_alg.h
• struct af_alg_async_req(9)
• struct af_alg_ctx(9)
• af_alg_writable(9)
• af_alg_rcvbuf(9)
• af_alg_readable(9)

mwah 💋 this cutie’s source/version is ./include/crypto, dated October 2026, and it’s af_alg_sndbuf(9). periodt. 🫶