ring_buffer_event_length(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

ring_buffer_event_length — return the length of the event, bestie ✨

okay so this little icon lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to tell you how long an event is. very demure, very useful 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned ring_buffer_event_length (struct ring_buffer_event *event );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • event — the event you want the length of, periodt 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So here's the vibe: ring_buffer_event_length returns the size of the data load of a data event. that's the main character behavior 💖

If the event is something other than a data event, it returns the size of the event itself. lowkey flexible, highkey iconic 🌸

With the exception of a TIME EXTEND, where it still returns the size of the data load of the data event after it. yes bestie, even then it keeps it consistent 😭✨

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c is the home base, and here's the whole friend group:

Source/version is ./kernel/trace, dated October 2026, and that's the cute little sign-off bestie 💋🌈✨

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