__DEV_GET_BY_INDEX

Section: Network device support (9)
Updated: February 2011
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NAME

__dev_get_by_index - find a device by its ifindex  

SYNOPSIS

struct net_device * __dev_get_by_index(struct net * net, int ifindex);
 

ARGUMENTS

net

the applicable net namespace

ifindex

index of device
 

DESCRIPTION

Search for an interface by index. Returns NULL if the device is not found or a pointer to the device. The device has not had its reference counter increased so the caller must be careful about locking. The caller must hold either the RTNL semaphore or dev_base_lock.  

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