genlmsg_end(9)

👑 genlmsg_end(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

Okay so listen — we're deep in the kernel API manual right now, specifically genlmsg_end, and honestly? She's a closer. A finisher. The one who walks in at the end of the group project and goes "yeah I got it from here." ✨

💖 NAME 💖

genlmsg_end — Finalize a generic netlink message 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void genlmsg_end (struct sk_buff *skb , void *hdr );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• skb — the socket buffer where the message is actually chillin'. That's her home. 🏠
• hdr — the user specific header. Your very own header, your very own vibe. 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./include/net/genetlink.h — like, the whole friend group lives here:

• 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)
• genl_dump_check_consistent(9)
• genlmsg_put_reply(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)

Like, that's the whole squad right there. Go say hi. 🫶

ngl bestie, the whole page is basically "here's the buffer, here's the header, ship it" — short and iconic, just how we like her. 💀

That's the whole glow-up! 💜 Big love to the source files living in ./include/net, dated October 2026, straight outta the genlmsg_end(9) era — stay slay, stay finalized, periodt. 🌈⭐