xt_alloc_entry_offsets(9)

xt_alloc_entry_offsets(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this one lives in the Kernel API Manual — manual-name moment, folded in right at the top like a little name tag 🫶 — and it's coming at you from ./net/netfilter. slay.

✨ NAME ✨

xt_alloc_entry_offsets — allocate an array to store rule head offsets. That's the whole assignment, no cap. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

unsigned int * xt_alloc_entry_offsets (unsigned int size );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• size — the number of entries. That's it, that's the argument. ✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

It hands back either NULL or a zeroed kmalloc'd or vmalloc'd array. Literally those are the options, bestie. 💀

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

First up, the Kernel file ./net/netfilter/x_tables.c — go peek, iykyk. Then these icons:

• xt_check_proc_name(9)
• xt_check_entry_offsets(9)
• xt_find_jump_offset(9)
• xt_copy_counters(9)
• xt_unregister_table_pre_exit(9)
• xt_unregister_table_exit(9)
• xt_hook_ops_alloc(9)
• xt_percpu_counter_alloc(9)

mwah 💋 that's xt_alloc_entry_offsets(9) from the Kernel API Manual, sourced from ./net/netfilter, dated October 2026. periodt. 👑