nla_memcmp(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nla_memcmp(9) — kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to nla_memcmp(9) 🎀 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the kernel-flavored one), and honestly? it's a little cutie. let's get into it ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

nla_memcmp — compare an attribute with a sized memory area. that's it. that's the whole vibe. she compares, she returns, she slays 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nla_memcmp (const struct nlattr *nla , const void *data , size_t size );

look at her. three args, returns an int, no notes. main character energy fr fr 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • nla — the netlink attribute. like, the whole point. this is the attribute you're checking 🫶
  • data — the memory area. the thing you're comparing against, no cap ✨
  • size — the size of that memory area. you gotta tell her how much to look at, she's not a mind reader 😭

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group came out for this one, and yes we're listing every single one of them, i would never do them dirty like that 💖

Kernel file ./lib/nlattr.c 🍓 and also:

like. the entire nlattr cinematic universe. go read them, iykyk 🌈

ngl there are no OPTIONS, no RETURN VALUE, no ERRORS and no BUGS sections on this page — that's not me skipping them bestie, that's literally the whole page 🙈 don't come for me

and that's the tea ☕ this icon of a page lives in ./lib, dated October 2026, and her name is nla_memcmp(9) — periodt. go forth and compare those attributes, bestie, you're gonna ate 💅💖🎀

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