nla_padlen(9)

💖 NAME 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for nla_padlen(9) — yes, that's the manual name, and we are officially in our netlink era 🦋

nla_padlen — length of padding at the tail of attribute. literally that. it's giving “small function, clear purpose,” and we love that for us 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int nla_padlen (int payload );

the way that signature ate: it returns an int, and it takes one int named payload. no cap, that's the whole entrance 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• payload — length of payload. that's it, bestie. the length. of the payload. periodt 💫

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/net/netlink.h — plus the entire netlink friend group, because this page is not gatekeeping the squad 😭:

struct nla_policy(9), struct nl_info(9), enum netlink_validation(9),
nlmsg_msg_size(9), nlmsg_total_size(9), nlmsg_padlen(9), nlmsg_data(9),
nlmsg_len(9), nlmsg_payload(9), nlmsg_attrdata(9), nlmsg_attrlen(9),
nlmsg_ok(9), nlmsg_next(9), nla_parse(9), nla_parse_deprecated(9),
nla_parse_deprecated_strict(9), __nlmsg_parse(9), nlmsg_parse(9),
nlmsg_parse_deprecated(9), nlmsg_parse_deprecated_strict(9),
nlmsg_find_attr(9), nla_validate_deprecated(9), nla_validate(9),
nlmsg_validate_deprecated(9), nlmsg_report(9), nlmsg_seq(9),
nlmsg_for_each_attr(9), nlmsg_for_each_attr_type(9), nlmsg_put(9),
nlmsg_append(9), nlmsg_put_answer(9), nlmsg_new(9), nlmsg_new_large(9),
nlmsg_end(9), nlmsg_get_pos(9), nlmsg_trim(9), nlmsg_cancel(9),
nlmsg_free(9), nlmsg_consume(9), nlmsg_multicast_filtered(9),
nlmsg_multicast(9), nlmsg_unicast(9), nlmsg_for_each_msg(9),
nl_dump_check_consistent(9), nla_attr_size(9), nla_total_size(9),
nla_type(9), nla_data(9), nla_len(9), nla_ok(9), nla_next(9),
nla_find_nested(9), nla_parse_nested(9), nla_parse_nested_deprecated(9),
nla_put_u8(9), nla_put_u16(9), nla_put_be16(9), nla_put_net16(9),
nla_put_le16(9), nla_put_u32(9), nla_put_uint(9), nla_put_be32(9),
nla_put_net32(9), nla_put_le32(9), nla_put_u64_64bit(9),
nla_put_be64(9), nla_put_net64(9), nla_put_le64(9), nla_put_s8(9),
nla_put_s16(9), nla_put_s32(9), nla_put_s64(9), nla_put_sint(9),
nla_put_string(9), nla_put_flag(9), nla_put_msecs(9),
nla_put_in_addr(9), nla_put_in6_addr(9), nla_put_bitfield32(9),
nla_get_u32(9), nla_get_u32_default(9), nla_get_be32(9),
nla_get_be32_default(9), nla_get_le32(9), nla_get_le32_default(9),
nla_get_u16(9), nla_get_u16_default(9), nla_get_be16(9),
nla_get_be16_default(9), nla_get_le16(9), nla_get_le16_default(9),
nla_get_u8(9), nla_get_u8_default(9), nla_get_u64(9),
nla_get_u64_default(9), nla_get_uint(9), nla_get_uint_default(9),
nla_get_be64(9), nla_get_be64_default(9), nla_get_le64(9),
nla_get_le64_default(9), nla_get_s32(9), nla_get_s32_default(9),
nla_get_s16(9), nla_get_s16_default(9), nla_get_s8(9),
nla_get_s8_default(9), nla_get_s64(9), nla_get_s64_default(9),
nla_get_sint(9), nla_get_sint_default(9), nla_get_flag(9),
nla_get_msecs(9), nla_get_msecs_default(9), nla_get_in_addr(9),
nla_get_in_addr_default(9), nla_get_in6_addr(9), nla_get_bitfield32(9),
nla_memdup(9), nla_nest_start_noflag(9), nla_nest_start(9),
nla_nest_end(9), nla_nest_end_safe(9), nla_nest_cancel(9),
nla_put_empty_nest(9), __nla_validate_nested(9),
nla_need_padding_for_64bit(9), nla_align_64bit(9),
nla_total_size_64bit(9), nla_for_each_attr(9),
nla_for_each_attr_type(9), nla_for_each_nested(9),
nla_for_each_nested_type(9), nla_is_last(9)

Signed, sealed, and glowing: ./include/net · October 2026 · nla_padlen(9) 💌