skb_frag_size_set(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 skb_frag_size_set 💅

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's genuinely one of the shortest glow-ups in the whole kernel doc set. we're talking a tiny little setter that lives in ./include/linux/skbuff.h and does exactly one (1) thing. no cap. it's giving "small but mighty" energy and honestly? obsessed. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

skb_frag_size_set — sets the size of a skb fragment 💫

like, that's the whole pitch bestie. the name literally tells you what it does, which is more than we can say for like half of Unix. iconic behavior, honestly.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void skb_frag_size_set (skb_frag_t *frag , unsigned int size );

so you hand it a fragment, you hand it a size, and it returns void — meaning it does not come back to you with a value. it just does the thing and dips. no receipts, no follow-up text, nothing. main character energy fr fr. 👑

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • frag — the skb fragment 🌷 (that's the skb_frag_t * up there — the poor little thing whose size is about to get set)
  • size — the size of the fragment 📏 (unsigned int, no less — it's a whole unsigned integer of pure size)

that's it. two things. two whole arguments. she's low maintenance and we love that for her. 💖

ngl if you came here looking for a spicy caveat or a weird edge case, there isn't one on this page — it's just the setter. short and sweet, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so this part is where it gets unhinged in the best way possible. this page's SEE ALSO section is a whole friend group. a whole squad. everybody showed up. i'm not skipping a single one, because every single one is on this page fr. 💀

Kernel file ./include/linux/skbuff.h, and then all of these besties:

like. that's the whole extended universe. every one of them is sibling-coded to this tiny setter and they all said yes to the group photo. iykyk. 🦋

🌸 okay that's the page! hope it slayed for you bestie. and for the record, this whole vibe is brought to you by ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and the page you just read is skb_frag_size_set(9) — so if you ever need to find her again, that's the name to type. mwah 💜✨🎀

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