ENUM NFT_SET_ELEM_LIST_ATTRIBUTES(9)

💅 enum nft_set_elem_list_attributes — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is page enum nft_se...t_attributes(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and yes the title got squished by the terminal like a bad selfie, but we move 💖. It's all about the netlink attributes for a set element list in nf_tables, and honestly it's giving "backstage pass to the netlink club" 🎀.

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✨ NAME ✨

enum nft_set_elem_list_attributes — nf_tables set element list netlink attributes. That's it, that's the whole vibe: these are the little labeled fields you slap onto a netlink message when you're talking about a list of set elements 🦋.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum nft_set_elem_list_attributes {
    NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_UNSPEC ,
    NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_TABLE ,
    NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_SET ,
    NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_ELEMENTS ,
    NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_SET_ID ,
    __NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_MAX

};

look at her. six constants, all in a row, no cap 🔥.

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👑 Constants 👑

These are the members, one by one, with the exact type annotations because we do not skip details in this house 🫶.

• NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_UNSPEC — okay so the manpage literally just says -- undescribed -- 😭. That's the whole description. Unspecified placeholder, iconically mysterious 💀.
• NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_TABLE — the table of the set to be changed. Type is NLA_STRING ✨. So: which table does the set live in? Say it in a string, bestie.
• NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_SET — the name of the set to be changed. Type: NLA_STRING 🌸. Like, not the set itself, its name. string energy.
• NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_ELEMENTS — the actual list of set elements 🔥. Type is NLA_NESTED: nft_set_elem_attributes — so it's a nested attribute, and inside it you're using nft_set_elem_attributes. Nested. Like matryoshka dolls but for netlink. Obsessed.
• NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_SET_ID — uniquely identifies a set in a transaction 🎀. Type: NLA_U32. this is the main character ID that keeps your set straight mid-transaction, iykyk.
• __NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_MAX — and again: -- undescribed -- 🙈. That's literally all the page gives us. Internal max marker, no further tea.

💀 quick note for the real ones: NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_UNSPEC and __NFTA_SET_ELEM_LIST_MAX have no description in this manpage — I'm not out here inventing lore. If you need the deets, go read the header. periodt.

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the source of truth is the kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h, enum. and then there is a whole friend group of related pages, so buckle up buttercup 🌈:

• 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_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_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)

like, that's a whole group chat and you're invited to every single one 💜.

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🧚 sign-off 🧚

that's the page!! source path is ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter, dated October 2026, and it's filed under the Kernel API Manual. go forth and nest your attributes responsibly, bestie — mwah 💋🎀✨