1. NAME▲

dev_get_by_name - find a device by its name

2. SYNOPSIS ▲

struct net_device * dev_get_by_name(struct net *  net , const char *  name );

3. ARGUMENTS ▲

net
    the applicable net namespace

name
    name to find

4. 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.

5. COPYRIGHT ▲