fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil function called fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string, and honestly? she's a vibe. she takes a string and yeets it into a message. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string — add a string to a message 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int fbnic_tlv_attr_put_string (struct fbnic_tlv_msg *msg , u16 attr_id ,
       const char *string );

like, look at her. three args, returns an int, does exactly what it says on the tin 💅

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • msg — the message header we're adding the flag attribute to 🫶 this is the thing getting the glow-up
  • attr_id — the ID of the flag attribute we're adding to the message, iykyk 🏷️
  • string — a byte pointer to a null terminated string that's gonna get stored 📥 that's the payload, the main character

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • -ENOSPC — bestie there is literally no room for the attribute 😭 she's full, she can't take it
  • 0 — otherwise! we slayed, everything's fine, zero means good 💚

👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so what she does is: adds the header and then copies the data pointed to by string into the message. periodt. 💅

and here's the lil detail you gotta know — she copies the address raw, so it will be in byte order. no cap, that's just how she rolls 🌀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go say hi to:

okay that's the whole page, ily, go forth and put some strings in some messages 🧚💜

signed off with love from ./drivers/net/ethernet/meta/fbnic, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage bestie!! 🍓🦋💖

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