CONFIG_NLMON: Virtual netlink monitoring device

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_NLMON:

• prompt: Virtual netlink monitoring device
• type: tristate
• depends on: (none)
• defined in drivers/net/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.11–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12
• modules built: nlmon

Help text

This option enables a monitoring net device for netlink skbs. The purpose of this is to analyze netlink messages with packet sockets. Thus applications like tcpdump will be able to see local netlink messages if they tap into the netlink device, record pcaps for further diagnostics, etc. This is mostly intended for developers or support to debug netlink issues. If unsure, say N.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module nlmon CONFIG_NLMON : drivers/net/Kconfig : "Virtual netlink monitoring device" # in 3.11–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.12

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• Linux Kernel Driver DataBase (LKDDb)

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