DEV_GET_BY_NAME(9) Network device support DEV_GET_BY_NAME(9)NAMEdev_get_by_name - find a device by its name
SYNOPSIS
struct net_device * dev_get_by_name(struct net * net,
const char * name);
ARGUMENTS
net
the applicable net namespace
name
name to find
DESCRIPTION
Find an interface by name. This can be called from any context and does
its own locking. The returned handle has the usage count incremented
and the caller must use dev_put to release it when it is no longer
needed. NULL is returned if no matching device is found.
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