bond_3ad_handle_link_change(9)

🌸 bond_3ad_handle_link_change(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual and it's lowkey iconic — it's the function that handles a slave's link status change indication. yes, that moment when a link decides to wake up or take a nap 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

bond_3ad_handle_link_change — handle a slave's link status change indication 🦋

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💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

void bond_3ad_handle_link_change(struct slave *slave, char link);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• slave — the slave struct to work on, aka the little guy we're doing all this for 🫶
• link — tells you whether the link is now up or down, like a vibe check but for cables ⭐

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Handle reselection of the aggregator (if needed) for this port. that's the whole assignment, no cap — the function deals with re-picking the aggregator when it needs to, and honestly? it ate. 👑

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

so many siblings, it's giving family reunion 😭 — all of these live in the kernel file ./drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c:

• __get_bond_by_port(9)
• __get_first_agg(9)
• __agg_has_partner(9)
• __disable_distributing_port(9)
• __enable_collecting_port(9)
• __disable_port(9)
• __enable_port(9)
• __port_move_to_attached_state(9)
• __port_is_collecting_distributing(9)
• __get_agg_selection_mode(9)
• __check_agg_selection_timer(9)
• __get_link_speed(9)
• __get_duplex(9)
• __ad_timer_to_ticks(9)
• __choose_matched(9)
• __record_pdu(9)
• __record_default(9)
• __update_selected(9)
• __update_default_selected(9)
• __update_ntt(9)
• __agg_ports_are_ready(9)
• __set_agg_ports_ready(9)
• __get_agg_bandwidth(9)
• __get_active_agg(9)
• __update_lacpdu_from_port(9)
• ad_lacpdu_send(9)
• ad_marker_send(9)
• ad_mux_machine(9)
• ad_rx_machine(9)
• ad_churn_machine(9)
• ad_tx_machine(9)
• ad_periodic_machine(9)
• ad_port_selection_logic(9)
• ad_agg_selection_logic(9)
• ad_clear_agg(9)
• ad_initialize_agg(9)
• ad_initialize_port(9)
• ad_enable_collecting(9)
• ad_disable_distributing(9)
• ad_enable_collecting_distributing(9)
• ad_disable_collecting_distributing(9)
• ad_marker_info_received(9)
• ad_marker_response_received(9)
• bond_3ad_initiate_agg_selection(9)
• bond_3ad_initialize(9)
• bond_3ad_bind_slave(9)
• bond_3ad_unbind_slave(9)
• bond_3ad_update_ad_actor_settings(9)
• bond_agg_timer_advance(9)
• bond_3ad_state_machine_handler(9)
• bond_3ad_rx_indication(9)
• ad_update_actor_keys(9)
• bond_3ad_adapter_speed_duplex_changed(9)
• bond_3ad_set_carrier(9)
• __bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(9)
• bond_3ad_update_lacp_rate(9)
• bond_3ad_update_lacp_active(9)

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ngl bestie, that's a lot of cross-references — but every single one of them is real and in the source file, so drink some water and go read them 💀💖

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that's the whole page, hope it slayed 🎀 this cutie ships from ./drivers/net/bonding and it's dated October 2026, so like… future vibes only ⭐✨ bye bestie, mwah 💅