bpf_skb_meta_pointer(9)

💖 NAME 💖

hii bestie, welcome to the Kernel API manual page for bpf_skb_meta_pointer(9)! this function is literally the “gets a mutable pointer within the skb metadata area” girlie. no cap, that’s the whole vibe: grab a mutable pointer inside the skb metadata area. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature is giving exactly this, and we keep it character-for-character:

void * bpf_skb_meta_pointer (struct sk_buff *skb , u32 offset );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — the socket buffer carrying the metadata. that’s her. 🫶
• offset — offset into the metadata area. important: it must be <= skb_metadata_len. like, do not push it past that, bestie. 🚨

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so the whole squad is here, and we’re keeping every single name exactly as-is:

• Kernel file ./net/core/filter.c
• sk_filter_trim_cap(9)
• bpf_convert_filter(9)
• bpf_check_classic(9)
• sk_filter_release_rcu(9)
• sk_filter_release(9)
• bpf_prog_create(9)
• bpf_prog_create_from_user(9)
• sk_attach_filter(9)
• xdp redirect(9)
• bpf_dynptr_from_skb_meta(9)
• bpf_xdp_pull_data(9)
• bpf_icmp_send(9)

cute lil sign-off: this page comes from source/version ./net/core, dated October 2026. mwah 💋✨