ENUM NFT_COUNTER_ATTRIBUTES(9)

💫 enum nft_counter_attributes — nf_tables counter expression netlink attributes ✨

okay so bestie, this is a Kernel API Manual page for enum nft_counter_attributes (yes, section 9, we're in kernel-internals land now 🧚). It's literally the enum that names the netlink attributes for the nf_tables counter expression — the thing that goes "you sent this many bytes and this many packets" and honestly? iconic. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

enum nft_counter_attributes — the nf_tables counter expression's netlink attributes. that's it, that's the vibe. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum nft_counter_attributes {
    NFTA_COUNTER_UNSPEC ,
    NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES ,
    NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS ,
    NFTA_COUNTER_PAD ,
    __NFTA_COUNTER_MAX

};

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✨ CONSTANTS ✨

the whole squad, one by one 🫶

• NFTA_COUNTER_UNSPEC — no description given in the original (-- undescribed --), so we're not gonna make one up. it's giving mystery. 🙈
• NFTA_COUNTER_BYTES — number of bytes, and it's typed NLA_U64. counts the bytes, bestie. 📏
• NFTA_COUNTER_PACKETS — number of packets, also NLA_U64. counts the packets. two counters, one expression, ate. 🔥
• NFTA_COUNTER_PAD — -- undescribed -- again, so no cap from me, I'm just telling you what's written. 💀
• __NFTA_COUNTER_MAX — also -- undescribed --. it's the max marker, that's all the page says. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the full friend group, no one gets left out 💖

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h
• 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_ops(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_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)

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quick vibe check: NFTA_COUNTER_UNSPEC, NFTA_COUNTER_PAD and __NFTA_COUNTER_MAX are listed as -- undescribed -- in the source page, so I'm not out here inventing lore for them. iykyk. 😭

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🌸 this one comes from the ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter corner of the kernel, dated October 2026, and it's enum nft_counter_attributes(9) all the way down. mwah, go count some bytes 💜🎀