genlmsg_total_size(9)

🌸 NAME 🌸

okay so we're on the genlmsg_total_size(9) page of the Kernel API Manual, and the function is genlmsg_total_size — it's literally the length of a genetlink message including padding. That's the whole vibe, and it ate, no cap 💖✨.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int genlmsg_total_size (int payload );

There it is bestie: int coming back, int payload going in. Iconic signature behavior 🫶.

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• payload — length of message payload. That's the number you're handing over, periodt 💅.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./include/net/genetlink.h, plus the whole squad of related pages — not me listing every single one with love 🥺:

• 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_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_new(9)
• genl_set_err(9)

source/version: ./include/net · date: October 2026 · page: genlmsg_total_size(9) — bye bestie, mwah 💋✨