nla_get_be64(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 nla_get_be64 💖 (section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, bestie)

okay so picture this: you're digging through the kernel's netlink header, you find a __be64 attribute, and you just wanna peek inside it — that's literally the whole vibe of this page. Manual name is Kernel API Manual, section 9, and yes she's a tiny one but she's iconic. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

nla_get_be64 — return payload of __be64 attribute. that's it. that's the destiny. no cap. ✨

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

__be64 nla_get_be64 (const struct nlattr *nla );

look at her. one argument, one return, zero drama. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • nla — a __be64 netlink attribute. she's the whole point of the function, ok? hand her over and get your payload back. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the mother of all friend groups lives in the kernel file ./include/net/netlink.h, and here's the entire squad, fr fr — not a single one left out because we don't do that here 👑

like, that's the whole netlink extended family reunion and nla_get_be64 is absolutely serving main character energy in the middle of it 🌈⭐

mwah 💋 this little page comes to you from ./include/net, dated October 2026, and that's the tea. go get your __be64, bestie — you got this 🫶✨

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