skb_gso_mac_seglen(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay bestie, welcome to skb_gso_mac_seglen(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for skb_gso_mac_seglen, and it's literally: Return length of individual segments of a gso packet. periodt. 💅✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the whole function vibe, exactly as written:

unsigned int skb_gso_mac_seglen (const struct sk_buff *skb );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• skb — the GSO skb, bestie. that's the one you're handing over. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so skb_gso_mac_seglen is used to determine the real size of the individual segments — and yes, it includes MAC/L2, Layer3 (IP, IPv6) and L4 headers (TCP/UDP). it's giving full-header realness from top to bottom, no cap. 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, iykyk:

• Kernel file ./net/core/gso.c
• skb_eth_gso_segment(9)
• skb_mac_gso_segment(9)
• __skb_gso_segment(9)
• skb_gso_transport_seglen(9)
• skb_gso_network_seglen(9)
• skb_gso_size_check(9)
• skb_gso_validate_network_len(9)
• skb_gso_validate_mac_len(9)

mwah 💋 — this page came from ./net/core and is dated October 2026, and yes that's the cute little footer tea. 🍓