MSGDSIZE(9F) Kernel Functions for Drivers MSGDSIZE(9F)

msgdsize - return the number of bytes in a message

#include <sys/stream.h>
size_t msgdsize(mblk_t *mp);

Architecture independent level 1 (DDI/DKI).

mp

Message to be evaluated.

The msgdsize() function counts the number of bytes in a data message. Only bytes included in the data blocks of type M_DATA are included in the count.

The number of data bytes in a message, expressed as an integer.

The msgdsize() function can be called from user, interrupt, or kernel context.

See bufcall(9F) for an example that uses msgdsize().

bufcall(9F)

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January 16, 2006 OmniOS