STRUCT NFT_TRANS(9)

💅 struct nft_trans(9) — Kernel API Manual

okay bestie, welcome to the struct nft_trans(9) page ✨ this is a kernel API manual page, and it's all about a nf_tables object update in transaction. yes that's the whole NAME section, no notes, she's concise 💖

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct nft_trans {
    struct list_head                list;
    struct net                      *net;
    struct nft_table                *table;
    int msg_type;
    u32 seq;
    u16 flags;
    u8 report:1;
    u8 put_net:1;
 };

like, there she is 🎀 literally the whole struct, character for character, no cap.

🌸 Members 🌸

• list — used internally 🫶 that's it, that's the whole description, she's lowkey mysterious
• net — a struct net
• table — the struct nft_table that the object resides in 👑
• msg_type — message type
• seq — the netlink sequence number
• flags — modifiers to new request
• report — notify via unicast netlink message 📨
• put_net — net needs to be put

💜 Description 💜

so the way that this works is: this right here is the info that's common to all objects in the transaction 💫 and it must always be the first member of derived sub-types. like, not optional, not a vibe, it's a rule. periodt 🙈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./include/net/netfilter/nf_tables.h — and a whole friend group of siblings, iykyk:

• struct nft_verdict(9)
• struct nft_regs(9)
• struct nft_ctx(9)
• struct nft_userdata(9)
• struct nft_set_elem(9)
• enum nft_iter_type(9)
• struct nft_set_desc(9)
• enum nft_set_class(9)
• struct nft_set_estimate(9)
• struct nft_expr(9)
• struct nft_set_ops(9)
• struct nft_set_type(9)
• struct nft_set(9)
• struct nft_set_binding(9)
• enum nft_set_extensions(9)
• struct nft_set_ext_type(9)
• struct nft_set_ext_tmpl(9)
• struct nft_set_ext(9)
• struct nft_expr_type(9)
• struct nft_expr_ops(9)
• struct nft_rule(9)
• struct nft_chain_validate_state(9)
• struct nft_chain(9)
• struct nft_chain_type(9)
• struct nft_base_chain(9)
• struct nft_table(9)
• struct nft_object_hash_key(9)
• struct nft_object(9)
• struct nft_object_type(9)
• struct nft_object_ops(9)
• struct nft_flowtable(9)
• struct nft_traceinfo(9)
• struct nft_trans_hook(9)
• struct nft_trans_binding(9)

okay that's the page!! 🧚 source is the kernel file ./include/net/netfilter, dated October 2026, and it's filed under struct nft_trans(9). slay, go read the kernel source bestie 💅💖