sizeof_field(9)
π¦ sizeof_field(9) π¦
okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for sizeof_field β she is here to report the size of a struct field in bytes, and honestly? iconic. π
πΈ NAME πΈ
sizeof_field β report the size of a struct field in bytes. no cap, that's the whole vibe. β¨
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
sizeof_field (TYPE , MEMBER );
π ARGUMENTS π
TYPEβ the structure containing the field of interest π«ΆMEMBERβ the field to return the size of πΈ
π SEE ALSO π
go peek at the Kernel file ./include/linux/stddef.h, plus these besties: offsetofend(9), struct_group(9), struct_group_attr(9), struct_group_tagged(9), DECLARE_FLEX_ARRAY(9), __TRAILING_OVERLAP(9), TRAILING_OVERLAP(9). iykyk π«
xoxo, sizeof_field(9) π β source/version ./include/linux, dated October 2026 π
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms