get_max_segment_size(9)

💅 get_max_segment_size — kernel API manual (section 9, bestie)

okay so welcome to the get_max_segment_size(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the one that tells you the maximum number of bytes you can add as a single segment. yes, that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

get_max_segment_size — maximum number of bytes to add as a single segment 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned get_max_segment_size (const struct queue_limits *lim ,
phys_addr_t paddr , unsigned int len );

like, look at her. three args, returns an unsigned, main character energy fr fr 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• lim — Request queue limits. the literal limits of the request queue, she's the rulebook 📋
• paddr — address of the range to add 📍
• len — maximum length available to add at paddr. key word maximum, don't forget it 🙈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns the maximum number of bytes of the range starting at paddr that can be added to a single segment. that's it, that's the function. she's short, she's sweet, she knows exactly what she's about ✨💖

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./block/blk.h
• __bio_split_to_limits(9)

iykyk, go read those next 🌈

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no cap bestie, this is the whole page — every arg, every type, all of it, nothing skipped 💀

okay and for the cute lil sign-off: this one lives under ./block, dated October 2026, and it's get_max_segment_size(9) all over again in the footer. slay, periodt 🎀🦋💅