ENUM NFT_BYTEORDER_OPS(9)

🌸 enum nft_byteorder_ops(9) — nf_tables byteorder operators 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for enum nft_byteorder_ops(9) — yes that's the whole title, we're being formal today 🎀. This is the lil enum that tells nf_tables which direction your bytes are traveling, and honestly? it's a two-item enum and it ate. periodt. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

enum nft_byteorder_ops — the nf_tables byteorder operators 🦋

like, literally just the byteorder operators. that's the whole vibe. no cap.

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💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

here's the whole thing, copied exactly, don't come for me about the spacing:

enum nft_byteorder_ops {
    NFT_BYTEORDER_NTOH ,
    NFT_BYTEORDER_HTON

};

two constants. that's it. iconic minimalism tbh 👑

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🌈 Constants 🌈

okay so these are the two (2) members and yes we're doing both:

• NFT_BYTEORDER_NTOH — the network to host operator 🧚‍♀️ net → host, i.e. you got bytes off the wire and now they gotta live in your machine. coming home energy.
• NFT_BYTEORDER_HTON — the host to network operator 💅 host → net, i.e. your machine's bytes are going out into the world. bye bestie, slay out there.

lowkey the entire enum is just these two. no defaults, no extras, no hidden members. what you see is what you get 🫶

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

first up, the kernel file this lives in:

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h

and then. okay. deep breath. the full cross-reference list, every single one, because we do not skip entries in this house 😭👑

• enum nft_registers(9)
• enum nft_verdicts(9)
• enum nf_tables_msg_types(9)
• enum nft_list_attributes(9)
• enum nft_hook_attributes(9)
• enum nft_table_flags(9)
• enum nft_table_attributes(9)
• enum nft_chain_attributes(9)
• enum nft_rule_attributes(9)
• enum nft_rule_compat_flags(9)
• enum nft_rule_compat_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_flags(9)
• enum nft_set_policies(9)
• enum nft_set_desc_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_field_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_elem_flags(9)
• enum nft_set_elem_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_elem_list_attributes(9)
• enum nft_data_types(9)
• enum nft_data_attributes(9)
• enum nft_verdict_attributes(9)
• enum nft_expr_attributes(9)
• enum nft_immediate_attributes(9)
• enum nft_bitwise_ops(9)
• enum nft_bitwise_attributes(9)
• enum nft_byteorder_attributes(9)
• enum nft_cmp_ops(9)
• enum nft_cmp_attributes(9)
• enum nft_range_ops(9)
• enum nft_range_attributes(9)
• enum nft_lookup_attributes(9)
• enum nft_dynset_attributes(9)
• enum nft_payload_bases(9)
• enum nft_payload_csum_types(9)
• enum nft_payload_attributes(9)
• enum nft_exthdr_op(9)
• enum nft_exthdr_attributes(9)
• enum nft_meta_keys(9)
• enum nft_rt_keys(9)
• enum nft_hash_types(9)
• enum nft_hash_attributes(9)
• enum nft_meta_attributes(9)
• enum nft_rt_attributes(9)
• enum nft_socket_attributes(9)
• enum nft_ct_keys(9)
• enum nft_ct_attributes(9)
• enum nft_offload_attributes(9)
• enum nft_limit_attributes(9)
• enum nft_connlimit_attributes(9)
• enum nft_counter_attributes(9)
• enum nft_last_attributes(9)
• enum nft_log_attributes(9)
• enum nft_log_level(9)
• enum nft_queue_attributes(9)
• enum nft_quota_attributes(9)
• enum nft_secmark_attributes(9)
• enum nft_reject_types(9)
• enum nft_reject_inet_code(9)
• enum nft_reject_attributes(9)
• enum nft_nat_types(9)
• enum nft_nat_attributes(9)
• enum nft_tproxy_attributes(9)
• enum nft_masq_attributes(9)
• enum nft_redir_attributes(9)
• enum nft_dup_attributes(9)
• enum nft_fwd_attributes(9)
• enum nft_objref_attributes(9)
• enum nft_gen_attributes(9)
• enum nft_object_attributes(9)
• enum nft_flowtable_flags(9)
• enum nft_flowtable_attributes(9)
• enum nft_flowtable_hook_attributes(9)
• enum nft_osf_attributes(9)
• enum nft_synproxy_attributes(9)
• enum nft_devices_attributes(9)
• enum nft_trace_attributes(9)
• enum nft_ng_attributes(9)

okay that was a lot but we got through it together 🫶 iykyk.

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smooches, mwah 💜 this whole page came to you from ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter, dated October 2026, and it's filed under enum nft_byteorder_ops(9). go read the other eighty-ish enums, they're literally all waiting for you. main character energy only. 💅✨🎀