nlmsg_next(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

nlmsg_next(9) 💅✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the glow-up of nlmsg_next(9) from the Kernel API Manual — this is the netlink message stream main character energy you didn't know you needed 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

nlmsg_next — literally the next netlink message in the message stream, no cap

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct nlmsghdr * nlmsg_next (const struct nlmsghdr *nlh , int *remaining );

like, that's the whole vibe check right there 💖

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • nlh — the netlink message header, aka the whole point of this function, bestie
  • remaining — the number of bytes remaining in the message stream, keep an eye on it 👀

👑 RETURN 👑

it returns the next netlink message in the message stream — slay — and decrements remaining by the size of the current message. it's giving "one step forward, remaining goes down" and honestly? iconic ✨

fr fr, if you're looping through a stream of netlink messages, this is the function that walks you to the next one while keeping your byte budget in check 💅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay honey, buckle up, this list is LONG and it ate 💀 but every single one is here so you can go read them all:

that's the whole page, babe — go forth and iterate through your netlink streams like the icon you are 🌈💜

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