2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/BUILD
index 563bc78ea..c326fab54 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/BUILD
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ go_library(
 go_test(
     name = "buffer_test",
     size = "small",
-    srcs = ["view_test.go"],
+    srcs = [
+        "view_test.go",
+    ],
     library = ":buffer",
 )
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
index 9a3c5d6c3..ea0c5413d 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/buffer/view.go
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ func (v View) ToVectorisedView() VectorisedView {
 	return NewVectorisedView(len(v), []View{v})
 }
 
+// IsEmpty returns whether v is of length zero.
+func (v View) IsEmpty() bool {
+	return len(v) == 0
+}
+
+// Size returns the length of v.
+func (v View) Size() int {
+	return len(v)
+}
+
 // VectorisedView is a vectorised version of View using non contiguous memory.
 // It supports all the convenience methods supported by View.
 //