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NAME, SYNOPSIS, ARGUMENTS, DESCRIPTION, COPYRIGHT

"__DEV_GET_BY_NAME" "9" "July 2007" "Kernel Hackers Manual 2.6.22" "Network device support"

NAME

__dev_get_by_name - find a device by its name

SYNOPSIS

"struct net_device * __dev_get_by_name(const char * " "name" ");"


ARGUMENTS

name

name to find

DESCRIPTION

Find an interface by name. Must be called under RTNL semaphore or dev_base_lock. If the name is found a pointer to the device is returned. If the name is not found then NULLfR
is returned. The reference counters are not incremented so the caller must be careful with locks.

COPYRIGHT

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