alb_change_h...dr_on_detach(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so this page is alb_change_h...dr_on_detach(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and the actual function is:

• alb_change_hw_addr_on_detach — that's the whole name entry, bestie, no extra description on this one 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void alb_change_hw_addr_on_detach (struct bonding *bond , struct slave *slave );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• bond — the bonding we're working on
• slave — the slave that was just detached

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

We assume that slave was already detached from the slave list. Precondition check, periodt 💖

If slave's permanent hw address is different both from its current address and from bond's address, then somewhere in the bond there's a slave that has slave's permanet address as its current address. (Yes, the page says permanet, and I'm keeping it exactly like that, no cap 😭) We'll make sure that slave no longer uses slave's permanent address.

Caller must hold RTNL and no other locks — literally do not forget this, bestie 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/bonding/bond_alb.c
• alb_handle_addr_collision_on_attach(9)
• alb_set_mac_address(9)
• bond_alb_handle_active_change(9)

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The footer says the source/version is ./drivers/net/bonding and the date is October 2026, with alb_change_h...dr_on_detach(9) living its main-character life on the side — mwah, bye bestie! 💖✨