mgmt_msg_len(9)

✨ mgmt_msg_len ✨

okay so we're in the Kernel API Manual today bestie, and the star of the show is mgmt_msg_len — she's tiny, she's iconic, she does exactly one thing, and honestly? respect. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

mgmt_msg_len — literally just calculates the total message length, that's it, that's the whole vibe 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u16 mgmt_msg_len (u16 msg_data_len );

no cap, that's the entire signature. look at her go ✨

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• msg_data_len — the length of the message data. that's the input, that's the tea she needs to do the math 🧮

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

Return the total message length. periodt. 💀 that's the whole description, she's a one-liner queen and she knows it 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

so if you wanna go deeper down the rabbit hole, here's the whole friend group (iykyk):

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/hinic/hinic_hw_mgmt.c
• hinic_register_mgmt_msg_cb(9)
• hinic_unregister_mgmt_msg_cb(9)
• prepare_header(9)
• prepare_mgmt_cmd(9)
• send_msg_to_mgmt(9)
• msg_to_mgmt_sync(9)
• msg_to_mgmt_async(9)
• hinic_msg_to_mgmt(9)
• mgmt_recv_msg_handler(9)
• mgmt_resp_msg_handler(9)
• recv_mgmt_msg_handler(9)
• mgmt_msg_aeqe_handler(9)
• alloc_recv_msg(9)
• alloc_msg_buf(9)
• hinic_pf_to_mgmt_init(9)
• hinic_pf_to_mgmt_free(9)

like, the entire hinic mgmt squad showed up to the group chat 🫶💜

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okay that's the page!! big shoutout to ./drivers/net/ethernet/huawei/... for being the source, and to October 2026 for the date stamp — this manual page said "I was born in the future and I'm thriving" 🦋⭐ slay, bye bestie! 💖✨🎀