nlmsg_seq(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to nlmsg_seq(9), section 9 of the Kernel API Manual — yes bestie, we're in kernel-doc territory today 💖

nlmsg_seq — return the seq number of netlink message

that's literally it. that's the whole job. one (1) job. and she does it flawlessly ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

u32 nlmsg_seq (const struct nlmsghdr *nlh );

look at her. tiny signature. zero drama. the u32 up front telling you exactly what you're getting back, and then one little const struct nlmsghdr * pointer strolling in 🙈

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • nlh — the netlink message header. that's the one and only thing you hand her. netlink message header in, seq number out. very "you give me the envelope, i give you the number written on it" energy 💌

✨ RETURN ✨

she returns 0 if the netlink message is NULL 🫶

fr fr that's the entire RETURN section, no cap — so if nlh is NULL, expect 0 back. that's the documented case, and we are not out here inventing extra ones 👑 the rest is the seq number of the netlink message, exactly like NAME says. no sneaky surprises.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

put your seatbelt on bestie, this list is long and i mean iconic-long 💅 every single one of these, in order, zero skips:

that's a whole friend group right there and they're all invited to the reading list 🧚💜

and that's the page, bestie!! 🫶 it lives in ./include/net, it's dated October 2026, and it's page nlmsg_seq(9) from the Kernel API Manual — screenshot it, cite it, love it 💖⭐

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