STRUCT YNL_SOCK(9)

✨ struct ynl_sock(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> — this is the page for struct ynl_sock, aka the YNL wrapped netlink socket. yes it's a struct, yes it's iconic, let's go 🫶

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🌸 NAME 🌸

struct ynl_sock — YNL wrapped netlink socket 💅

like, it's a netlink socket but wrapped, and YNL is doing the wrapping. main character energy fr.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ynl_sock {
    struct ynl_error err;
 };

that's the whole thing. one member. minimalism ate 💀

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🎀 Members 🎀

• err — the YNL error descriptor 👑 and here's the tea: it gets cleared on every request. every single one. so don't go assuming it's holding onto anything from last time, bestie, because it is not 🙈

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.h
• struct ynl_error(9)
• struct ynl_family(9)
• struct ynl_string(9)
• ynl_dump_empty(9)
• ynl_has_ntf(9)

go read those too, they're all part of the squad, iykyk 🌈

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and that's the vibe check! 💖 this lil page lives in ./tools/net/ynl/lib and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, mark your calendar, screenshot it, send it to the group chat, periodt ⭐🧚