genlmsg_put_reply(9)

✨ NAME ✨

okay bestie, welcome to genlmsg_put_reply(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 this is the function whose whole main-character job is to Add generic netlink header to a reply message. no cap, that's the plot 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void * genlmsg_put_reply (struct sk_buff *skb , struct genl_info *info , const struct genl_family *family , int flags , u8 cmd );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

here's the squad, each one doing their lil job 🫶

• skb — socket buffer holding the message
• info — receiver info 👀
• family — generic netlink family 🌈
• flags — netlink message flags 🚩
• cmd — generic netlink command ⭐

🦋 RETURN 🦋

pointer to user specific header ✨ literally that, bestie

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./include/net/genetlink.h, plus the whole friend group:

• 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_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)

okay that's the whole page, bestie 💜 source/version vibes: it comes from ./include/net, dated October 2026, and the footer title was genlmsg_put_reply(9) — slay, bye 💅✨