iwpm_get_nlmsg_seq(9)

💅 iwpm_get_nlmsg_seq — a Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the iwpm_get_nlmsg_seq(9) page 🎀 this is one of those tiny little kernel helpers that's literally just vibing in the iwpm squad, and honestly? she's giving "small but essential." let's get into it 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

iwpm_get_nlmsg_seq — grab the sequence number for a netlink message you're about to send to the port mapper 🔥

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int iwpm_get_nlmsg_seq (void );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• void — no arguments, bestie. zero. none. she takes nothing 💅

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Returns the sequence number for the netlink message. that's it, that's the whole plot 🎬 she hands you back the sequence number and you go on with your life. no cap, sometimes the little functions are the iconique ones 👑

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group, fr fr — go say hi to all of them 💖

• the kernel file itself: ./drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.h 📁
• iwpm_get_nlmsg_request(9)
• iwpm_free_nlmsg_request(9)
• iwpm_find_nlmsg_request(9)
• iwpm_wait_complete_req(9)
• iwpm_add_remote_info(9)
• iwpm_check_registration(9)
• iwpm_set_registration(9)
• iwpm_get_registration(9)
• iwpm_send_mapinfo(9)
• iwpm_mapinfo_available(9)
• iwpm_compare_sockaddr(9)
• iwpm_validate_nlmsg_attr(9)
• iwpm_create_nlmsg(9)
• iwpm_parse_nlmsg(9)
• iwpm_print_sockaddr(9)
• iwpm_send_hello(9)

lowkey a whole squad of iwpm functions — you're gonna want to read them together, iykyk 🧚

and that's the page, bestie!! 🍓 this lil gem lives in ./drivers/infiniband/core, dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual (yes, the Kernel API Manual — she's fancy 💜). mwah, go read the source, ily, bye 😭💖