__bond_opt_set(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 __bond_opt_set(9) 💅

okay bestie so this is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the manual page for __bond_opt_set — yes, with the double underscore, she's fancy like that ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

__bond_opt_set — set a bonding option. that's it, that's the whole vibe check 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int __bond_opt_set (struct bonding *bond , unsigned int option , struct
bond_opt_value *val , struct nlattr *bad_attr , struct netlink_ext_ack
*extack );

like, five whole arguments, no cap. she's high-maintenance but she delivers 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • bond — the target bond device, aka the main character you're doing all this for 👑
  • option — the option you want to set. yes, this one. pick her 🎯
  • val — the value you're setting it to. the whole point of the operation, ngl 💖
  • bad_attr — the netlink attribute that caused the error (blame her, respectfully 🙈)
  • extack — the extended netlink error structure ✨ this one's used when an error message needs to be returned to the caller via netlink, iykyk

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

so the way that this function works: it's used to change the bond's option value 💫 and it can do both things — enabling/changing an option and disabling it. versatile queen behavior, honestly 🌈

⚠️ but bestie, listen: the RTNL lock must be obtained before calling this function 🔒 like, don't just roll up without it, fr fr. get your lock first, then come talk to her.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read those too, they're giving the same energy 🫶

okay and for the cute little sign-off: this whole thing comes from the source at ./drivers/net/bonding, dated October 2026 ⭐ and she's filed under __bond_opt_set(9) — iconic, no notes 💖 🎀 🧚

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