bond_alb_ha...ctive_change(9)

💅 bond_alb_handle_active_change(9) 💅

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual, bestie — this is the page for bond_alb_ha...ctive_change(9) and it's giving kernel-internals main character energy. no cap, it's useful 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

bond_alb_handle_active_change — assign new curr_active_slave

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void bond_alb_handle_active_change (struct bonding *bond , struct slave
       *new_slave );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bond — our bonding struct
• new_slave — new slave to assign

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the vibe here is simple but important: set bond->curr_active_slave to new_slave, and handle mac address swapping and promiscuity changes as needed. that's the assignment, and it ate 💖

Caller must hold RTNL — literally hold it, bestie, no exceptions, periodt 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

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

go read those too, iykyk 👑

mwah 💋 — the footer says source/version ./drivers/net/bonding, dated October 2026, and manual name bond_alb_ha...ctive_change(9). bye bestie, slay your kernel work 🌈✨