netlbl_mgmt_version(9)

💅 netlbl_mgmt_version(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this one lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely so cute and small — it's the function that handles a VERSION message. that's it. that's the whole vibe. but let's do it properly ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

netlbl_mgmt_version — literally the handler for a VERSION message 🦋

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⭐ SYNOPSIS ⭐

int netlbl_mgmt_version (struct sk_buff *skb , struct genl_info *info );

yes bestie, it returns an int, and look at those two args — no cap, keep them exactly as they are 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — the NETLINK buffer 👑 this is the actual packet situation
• info — the Generic NETLINK info block ✨ the metadata bestie

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does it do? it processes a user generated VERSION message and responds accordingly. that's the assignment, and it ate. 💅

on the return tip: it returns zero on success, and negative values on failure 😭 so like — 0 good, <0 not good, keep that energy.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file it hangs out in is ./net/netlabel/netlabel_mgmt.c — and here's the whole friend group, all iconically linked:

• netlbl_mgmt_add_common(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_listentry(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_add(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_remove(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_listall_cb(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_listall(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_adddef(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_removedef(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_listdef(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_protocols_cb(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_protocols(9)
• netlbl_mgmt_genl_init(9)

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ngl bestie, this whole page lives at ./net/netlabel and it's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendars 🗓️💖 that's the source/version + date sign-off, mwah 💋 periodt ✨🫶