nla_put_sint(9)

💖 nla_put_sint 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to nla_put_sint(9) from the Kernel API Manual — yes that manual, the kernel one, and yes we're gonna read it together, it's fine, I've got you 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

nla_put_sint — add a variable-size signed int to a socket buffer. that's it. that's the whole job. iconic honestly 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int nla_put_sint (struct sk_buff *skb , int attrtype , s64 value );

look at her. three args. clean. no notes. ✨

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• skb — the socket buffer you're adding the attribute to. your canvas, your stage, your main character location 💖
• attrtype — the attribute type, aka what kind of attribute this is. the label on the lil gift box 🎀
• value — the numeric value. a signed s64, so it can be negative, it can be positive, it's flexible like that 💅

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🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay so this part is LONG, like long long, but we do not gatekeep around here, so here's the entire friend group, all of them, no cap 👑

the kernel file itself: ./include/net/netlink.h

the structs and enums: struct nla_policy(9), struct nl_info(9), enum netlink_validation(9)

message sizing & layout besties: 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)

parsing squad: 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)

validation crew: nla_validate_deprecated(9), nla_validate(9), nlmsg_validate_deprecated(9)

message bookkeeping girlies: 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)

sending it out into the world: nlmsg_multicast_filtered(9), nlmsg_multicast(9), nlmsg_unicast(9), nlmsg_for_each_msg(9), nl_dump_check_consistent(9)

attribute sizing & access: nla_attr_size(9), nla_total_size(9), nla_padlen(9), nla_type(9), nla_data(9), nla_len(9), nla_ok(9), nla_next(9)

nested vibes: nla_find_nested(9), nla_parse_nested(9), nla_parse_nested_deprecated(9)

the putter family (our girl's whole lineage, tbh): 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_string(9), nla_put_flag(9), nla_put_msecs(9), nla_put_in_addr(9), nla_put_in6_addr(9), nla_put_bitfield32(9)

the getter family (the readers, the receivers, the ones who actually listen 😭): 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)

misc icons & nesting helpers: 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)

alignment & iteration besties: 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)

like I said. a lot of friends. and every single one of them got an invite 💜

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heads up bestie: nla_put_sint is the variable-size signed int putter — that's literally what the NAME says. don't go assuming it's a fixed-width situation, okay? iykyk 🌈

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and that's the whole page!! 💖 source section <pink>./include/net</pink>, dated October 2026 — mwah, kisses, go forth and put your signed ints, periodt 👑✨🎀