ENUM NFT_OFFLOAD_ATTRIBUTES(9)

💅 enum nft_offload_attributes(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is enum nft_offload_attributes — literally the ct offload expression attributes. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

enum nft_offload_attributes — ct offload expression attributes. that's it, that's the tweet 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

like, the shape of it, exactly:

enum nft_offload_attributes {
    NFTA_FLOW_UNSPEC ,
    NFTA_FLOW_TABLE_NAME ,
    __NFTA_FLOW_MAX

};

look at her. iconic. no notes 💅

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🌸 Constants 🌸

these are the little members of the enum, and ngl they're giving very much "three kids in a trench coat" energy:

• NFTA_FLOW_UNSPEC — honestly? -- undescribed -- 😭 the docs truly said "no thoughts, head empty" for this one. it's the unspecified one, and the manpage does not elaborate. we respect her privacy 🙈
• NFTA_FLOW_TABLE_NAME — this one's the real one, bestie ✨ it's the flow table name, and its type is NLA_STRING. that's the whole personality 🫶
• __NFTA_FLOW_MAX — also -- undescribed --. it's the max marker, sitting there looking pretty, and again: no description in the source. and no, we are not making one up. no cap 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is LONG, so grab a snack 🍓. it's all in the kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h, and it's basically the whole netfilter friend group. like, the entire group chat:

• 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_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)

see? told you. absolute crowd 🌈

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lowkey a note from me to you: everything above is exactly what's in the docs. if something says -- undescribed --, that's genuinely the manpage's own words, not me being lazy. periodt 💀

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this little cutie lives in ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter, it's all dated October 2026, and it's filed under the header enum nft_offload_attributes(9). slay, go read some netfilter, ily, bye 💖✨🎀