nla_get_in6_addr(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, this is nla_get_in6_addr(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally the tiny netlink helper that hands you an IPv6 address payload. No cap, it’s a one-argument icon. Let’s get into it 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

nla_get_in6_addr — return payload of IPv6 address attribute. That’s the whole vibe: the attribute is right there, and this function gives you the IPv6 address payload 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

the signature ate, btw:

struct in6_addr nla_get_in6_addr (const struct nlattr *nla );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • nla — IPv6 address netlink attribute. This is the netlink attribute carrying the IPv6 address, bestie; it’s the main character of this function’s whole story 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so the SEE ALSO section is giving full friend-group energy. First up, Kernel file ./include/net/netlink.h, then literally every reference below — no skipping, no cap:

this page is from source ./include/net, dated October 2026, and it’s nla_get_in6_addr(9) — mwah, go get that IPv6 payload bestie 💖✨🎀

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