Look up generic Netlink family by family name querying the kernel directly.

    https://github.com/thom311/libnl/blob/libnl3_2_25/lib/genl/ctrl.c#L237

    Directly query's the kernel for a given family name.

    Note: This API call differs from genl_ctrl_search_by_name in that it queries the kernel directly, allowing for
    module autoload to take place to resolve the family request. Using an nl_cache prevents that operation.

    Positional arguments:
    sk -- Generic Netlink socket (nl_sock class instance).
    name -- family name (bytes).

    Returns:
    Generic Netlink family `genl_family` class instance or None if no match was found.

def genl_ctrl_probe_by_name(sk, name):
    """Look up generic Netlink family by family name querying the kernel directly.

    https://github.com/thom311/libnl/blob/libnl3_2_25/lib/genl/ctrl.c#L237

    Directly query's the kernel for a given family name.

    Note: This API call differs from genl_ctrl_search_by_name in that it queries the kernel directly, allowing for
    module autoload to take place to resolve the family request. Using an nl_cache prevents that operation.

    Positional arguments:
    sk -- Generic Netlink socket (nl_sock class instance).
    name -- family name (bytes).

    Returns:
    Generic Netlink family `genl_family` class instance or None if no match was found.
    """
    ret = genl_family_alloc()
    if not ret:
        return None

    genl_family_set_name(ret, name)
    msg = nlmsg_alloc()
    orig = nl_socket_get_cb(sk)
    cb = nl_cb_clone(orig)
    genlmsg_put(msg, NL_AUTO_PORT, NL_AUTO_SEQ, GENL_ID_CTRL, 0, 0, CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY, 1)
    nla_put_string(msg, CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME, name)
    nl_cb_set(cb, NL_CB_VALID, NL_CB_CUSTOM, probe_response, ret)

    if nl_send_auto(sk, msg) < 0:
        return None
    if nl_recvmsgs(sk, cb) < 0:
        return None
    if wait_for_ack(sk) < 0:  # If search was successful, request may be ACKed after data.
        return None

    if genl_family_get_id(ret) != 0:
        return ret