for auxiliary data. The buffer passed to and from a netlink socket should
be only accessed using these macros.
.TP
-.TP
NLMSG_ALIGN
Round the length of a netlink message up to align it properly.
.TP
.B nlmsg_len
field of the
.IR nlmsghdr .
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.TP
NLMSG_SPACE
Return the number of bytes a netlink message with payload of the passed length
NLMSG_PAYLOAD
Return the length of the payload associated with the
.IR nlmsghdr .
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.SH NOTES
It is often better to use netlink via
.B libnetlink
than via the low level kernel interface.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR netlink (7)
.PP