KNET_LIN...NG_TIMERS(3)

💖 KNET_LIN...NG_TIMERS(3) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kronosnet Programmer's Manual, and today's main character is a lil getter function that tells you how fast a link is pinging and when it decides someone's ghosted. no cap, it's giving "read the vibe of your link" energy. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

knet_link_get_ping_timers — Get the ping timers for a link.

like… literally what it says. it fetches the ping timers. slay.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <libknet.h>

int knet_link_get_ping_timers(
    knet_handle_t   knet_h,
    knet_node_id_t  host_id,
    uint8_t         link_id,
    time_t         *interval,
    time_t         *timeout,
    unsigned int   *precision
);

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so knet_link_get_ping_timers is the function, and here's the tea on every single thing you hand it 👇

• knet_h — pointer to knet_handle_t. your handle, your home base, your main character.
• host_id — see knet_host_add(3). it's the host you're asking about, iykyk.
• link_id — see knet_link_set_config(3). which link on that host, bestie.
• interval — the ping interval. how often we go "u up?" 💌
• timeout — if no pong is received within this time, the link is declared dead. yes literally, it's over, the link got left on read and now it's 💀
• precision — how many values of latency are used to calculate the average link latency (see also knet_link_get_status(3)). so it's the sample size for the vibe average 🌸

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✨ RETURN VALUE ✨

knet_link_get_ping_timers returns 0 on success, -1 on error, and errno is set. so like, 0 is the "we ate" and -1 is the "check errno, something went feral" 😭

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the whole friend group, fr fr — every single one of them, no skips 👑:

• knet_handle_remove_datafd(3)
• knet_handle_get_stats(3)
• knet_host_add(3)
• knet_handle_pmtud_setfreq(3)
• knet_handle_pmtud_get(3)
• knet_handle_crypto_use_config(3)
• knet_host_get_id_by_host_name(3)
• knet_host_get_status(3)
• knet_link_add_acl(3)
• knet_link_get_pong_count(3)
• knet_link_get_priority(3)
• knet_handle_free(3)
• knet_handle_enable_sock_notify(3)
• knet_handle_get_datafd(3)
• knet_recv(3)
• knet_log_get_subsystem_id(3)
• knet_host_remove(3)
• knet_host_enable_status_change_notify(3)
• knet_strtoaddr(3)
• knet_link_rm_acl(3)
• knet_send(3)
• knet_handle_enable_pmtud_notify(3)
• knet_get_crypto_cipher_list(3)
• knet_handle_get_transport_reconnect_interval(3)
• knet_link_get_enable(3)
• knet_link_set_priority(3)
• knet_log_set_loglevel(3)
• knet_handle_get_channel(3)
• knet_link_get_config(3)
• knet_link_get_link_list(3)
• knet_get_crypto_hash_list(3)
• knet_get_transport_list(3)
• knet_get_transport_id_by_name(3)
• knet_log_get_loglevel_id(3)
• knet_handle_new_ex(3)
• knet_host_set_name(3)
• knet_addrtostr(3)
• knet_handle_setfwd(3)
• knet_get_compress_list(3)
• knet_host_set_policy(3)
• knet_get_transport_name_by_id(3)
• knet_handle_enable_filter(3)
• knet_handle_crypto_rx_clear_traffic(3)
• knet_handle_compress(3)
• knet_link_get_status(3)
• knet_handle_add_datafd(3)
• knet_send_sync(3)
• knet_log_get_loglevel_name(3)
• knet_handle_enable_access_lists(3)
• knet_host_get_host_list(3)
• knet_host_get_policy(3)
• knet_link_set_enable(3)
• knet_link_set_pong_count(3)
• knet_log_get_subsystem_name(3)
• knet_host_get_name_by_host_id(3)
• knet_link_clear_config(3)
• knet_log_get_loglevel(3)
• knet_handle_new(3)
• knet_handle_pmtud_getfreq(3)
• knet_handle_pmtud_set(3)
• knet_handle_clear_stats(3)
• knet_link_set_config(3)
• knet_handle_crypto_set_config(3)
• knet_handle_crypto(3)
• knet_get_crypto_list(3)
• knet_handle_set_transport_reconnect_interval(3)
• knet_link_clear_acl(3)
• knet_link_set_ping_timers(3)
• knet_handle_setprio_dscp(3)
• knet_link_insert_acl(3)

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✨ COPYRIGHT ✨

Copyright (C) 2010-2026 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.

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