genl_dump_check_consistent(9)

✨ genl_dump_check_consistent(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 — yes this is a real function called genl_dump_check_consistent, and yes we're gonna get through it together. grab a strawberry 🍓 and let's go.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

genl_dump_check_consistent — check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not

like… it does a vibe check on your sequence number, and if the vibes are off, it says so. no cap. 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void genl_dump_check_consistent (struct netlink_callback *cb , void *user_hdr );

it returns void, so like, don't expect anything back, she's not giving you a return value, she's giving you closure ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• cb — the netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number. yes, that one. she's holding the receipts 📋
• user_hdr — the user header as returned from genlmsg_put. literally the header you got handed back, hand it right back over 🫶

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so — Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent. like, go read that one if you want the whole story, iykyk 👀

this one is just a wrapper to make it simpler to use with generic netlink. that's it. that's the whole thing. she's a convenience queen and honestly? iconic. 👑

think of it as the little sparkly bow 🎀 on top of nl_dump_check_consistent so you don't have to do the generic-netlink-specific fiddly bits yourself. main character energy, minimal effort, maximum slay.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./include/net/genetlink.h — plus a whole friend group of functions and structs, all listed below because we do not leave anyone out at this party 💖

• struct genl_multicast_group(9)
• struct genl_family(9)
• struct genl_info(9)
• struct genl_small_ops(9)
• struct genl_ops(9)
• struct genl_split_ops(9)
• struct genl_dumpit_info(9)
• genl_info_init_ntf(9)
• genlmsg_iput(9)
• genlmsg_nlhdr(9)
• genlmsg_parse_deprecated(9)
• genlmsg_parse(9)
• genlmsg_put_reply(9)
• genlmsg_end(9)
• genlmsg_cancel(9)
• genlmsg_multicast_netns_filtered(9)
• genlmsg_multicast_netns(9)
• genlmsg_multicast(9)
• genlmsg_multicast_allns(9)
• genlmsg_unicast(9)
• genlmsg_reply(9)
• genlmsg_data(9)
• genlmsg_len(9)
• genlmsg_msg_size(9)
• genlmsg_total_size(9)
• genlmsg_new(9)
• genl_set_err(9)

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ngl if you're here you were probably deep in generic netlink at 2am. drink some water bestie 💀💖

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and that's the page!! 🎉 brought to you by the good people at ./include/net, dated October 2026, for genl_dump_check_consistent(9) 💅✨ go forth and dump consistently, queen 🧚💜