insn_get_length(9)

💅 insn_get_length(9) — hey bestie 💅

Okay so this is the insn_get_length(9) page, straight outta the Kernel API Manual, and it’s lowkey iconic for being short and useful. 🦋

🎀 NAME 🎀

insn_get_length — Get the length of instruction

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int insn_get_length (struct insn *insn );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• insn — struct insn containing instruction

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Real talk: if necessary, first collects the instruction up to and including the immediates bytes. That’s the whole move, bestie — no cap. ✨

🥺 RETURN 🥺

• 0 — on success
• < 0 — on error

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c and the whole bestie squad:

• insn_init(9)
• insn_get_prefixes(9)
• insn_get_opcode(9)
• insn_get_modrm(9)
• insn_rip_relative(9)
• insn_get_sib(9)
• insn_get_displacement(9)
• insn_get_immediate(9)
• insn_decode(9)

mwah 💋 signed off from ./tools/arch/x86/lib, dated October 2026 — that’s the source/version and date, bestie. 🫶✨