sk_rmem_alloc_get(9)

💖 sk_rmem_alloc_get(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one is a tiny lil page about a tiny lil getter, and honestly? it's giving "one-line function that carries the whole socket on its back" ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

sk_rmem_alloc_get — returns read allocations 🎀

like, that's it. that's the whole job. it gets you the read allocations. slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int sk_rmem_alloc_get (const struct sock *sk );

she's short, she's sweet, she takes exactly one pointer and hands you back an int — no cap 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• sk — socket 🔥 literally just the socket. that's the whole argument. the vibes are immaculate, the parameter list is minimal.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

sk_rmem_alloc 🫶

yes bestie, it returns sk_rmem_alloc — the read allocations, exactly like the NAME said. the prophecy was true all along 😭 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so many friends in the group chat, all from the kernel file ./include/net/sock.h:

• struct sock_common(9)
• struct sock(9)
• sk_user_data_is_nocopy(9)
• __locked_read_sk_user_data_with_flags(9)
• __rcu_dereference_sk_user_data_with_flags(9)
• sk_for_each_entry_offset_rcu(9)
• SOCK_CONNECT_BIND(9)
• lock_sock_fast(9)
• unlock_sock_fast(9)
• sk_wmem_alloc_get(9)
• sk_has_allocations(9)
• skwq_has_sleeper(9)
• sock_poll_wait(9)
• sk_page_frag(9)
• _sock_tx_timestamp(9)
• sk_eat_skb(9)

ngl that's a whole squad — go read them too, they're all living in ./include/net/sock.h and they all ate 💀💖

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okay bye bestie, this page came from ./include/net and it's dated October 2026 — screenshot it, memorise it, live by it 🧚‍♀️💜 🎀