nla_get_u64(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ nla_get_u64 (9) ✨

okay so bestie, listen — this is the nla_get_u64(9) page from the Kernel API Manual and it is literally the simplest little function ever, but she's iconic in her own way, okay? This is the one that just hands you back the payload of a u64 attribute. That's it. That's the whole vibe. No cap. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

nla_get_u64 — return payload of u64 attribute

Like, the actual name of the function and what it does: it returns the payload of a u64 attribute. Periodt. 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u64 nla_get_u64 (const struct nlattr *nla );

there she is, the whole signature, looking all cute and official ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • nla — u64 netlink attribute 🫶 this is the attribute you're pulling the u64 payload out of, bestie. that's the entire thing this arg does.
ngl, the original page is very chill about not telling you extra stuff, so i'm gonna be chill too — this argument is a u64 netlink attribute, and the function gives you back the payload. that's the facts, fr fr.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay this is the part where the original page goes absolutely FERAL and lists, like, the entire netlink header family tree 😭 — and i mean every single one, so buckle up bestie, we're listing all of them:

like... that's the whole squad right there 💀 every last one of them, preserved with love, no cap 🧚

slay, you made it to the end, bestie 🌈

source file: ./include/net ✦ drop date: October 2026 — that's the cute little sign-off from the original footer, preserved for the vibes 💜✨

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