dev_get_by_flags(9)

dev_get_by_flags9

Find any device with given flags

Usage

struct net_device * dev_get_by_flags(struct net * net, unsigned short if_flags, unsigned short mask);

Arguments

net

the applicable net namespace

if_flags

IFF_* values

mask

bitmask of bits in if_flags to check

Overview

Search for any interface with the given flags. Returns NULL if a device is not found or a pointer to the device. The device returned has had a reference added and the pointer is safe until the user calls dev_put to indicate they have finished with it.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0
  3. 6.0

From linux-manual-2.6.32 2.6.32-48squeeze6 in Debian 6.0 (Squeeze). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.