DEV_GET_BY_NAME_RCU(9) Network device support DEV_GET_BY_NAME_RCU(9) NAME dev_get_by_name_rcu - find a device by its name SYNOPSIS struct net_device * dev_get_by_name_rcu(struct net * net, const char * name); ARGUMENTS net the applicable net namespace name name to find DESCRIPTION Find an interface by name. If the name is found a pointer to the device is returned. If the name is not found then NULL is returned. The reference counters are not incremented so the caller must be careful with locks. The caller must hold RCU lock. COPYRIGHT Kernel Hackers Manual 3.11 November 2013 DEV_GET_BY_NAME_RCU(9)[top]
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