ENUM NFT_TABLE_ATTRIBUTES(9)

✨ enum nft_table_attributes(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💅 this one's all about enum nft_table_attributes, which is literally the netlink attribute club for nf_tables tables. yes, tables. like the actual tables. no cap, this is where the whole nf_tables situation starts 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

enum nft_table_attributes — the nf_tables table netlink attributes, i.e. the little labelled boxes that get shipped over netlink when the kernel talks about a table 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

enum nft_table_attributes {
    NFTA_TABLE_UNSPEC ,
    NFTA_TABLE_NAME ,
    NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS ,
    NFTA_TABLE_USE ,
    NFTA_TABLE_HANDLE ,
    NFTA_TABLE_PAD ,
    NFTA_TABLE_USERDATA ,
    NFTA_TABLE_OWNER ,
    __NFTA_TABLE_MAX

};

look at that list, it's giving organized queen energy 👑 every member is a separate attribute tag, and the last one is the sneaky internal boundary marker, iykyk.

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🦋 CONSTANTS 🦋

the roster, one by one

• NFTA_TABLE_UNSPEC — honestly? -- undescribed --. the manpage itself has nothing to say here, so neither do I 🙈
• NFTA_TABLE_NAME — the name of the table, carried as NLA_STRING 💖
• NFTA_TABLE_FLAGS — a bitmask of enum nft_table_flags, carried as NLA_U32 ✨
• NFTA_TABLE_USE — how many chains live in this table, carried as NLA_U32 🔥
• NFTA_TABLE_HANDLE — -- undescribed -- bestie, no notes in the source 😭
• NFTA_TABLE_PAD — -- undescribed -- it's giving padding mystery 🫶
• NFTA_TABLE_USERDATA — user data, carried as NLA_BINARY 🎀
• NFTA_TABLE_OWNER — the owner of this table through netlink portID, carried as NLA_U32 👑
• __NFTA_TABLE_MAX — -- undescribed -- the internal "don't go past here" marker 🚧

ngl those -- undescribed -- ones aren't a typo, that's genuinely what the source says. I'm not out here inventing lore 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this section ate and left absolutely no crumbs — it's a whole friend group of kernel API pages, plus the file they all live in. here's every single one, no skipping, periodt:

• 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_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_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)

that's the whole squad, 82 links deep, and they all live under ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter 🧚

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that's the page bestie!! 🫶 go read your netfilter headers, drink some water, and remember: every attribute is a little gift wrapped in netlink 🎁

this masterpiece dropped October 2026, sourced straight from ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter, part of the Kernel API Manual — mwah, sending love from the kernel sources 💖✨💅