bond_ipsec_dev(9)

💖 bond_ipsec_dev — the Kernel API Manual moment ✨

okay so bestie, this is bond_ipsec_dev(9) from the kernel API manual and honestly it's giving "tiny function, big responsibilities" 🎀 let me walk you through it.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

bond_ipsec_dev — get the active device for IPsec offload, no cap 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct net_device * bond_ipsec_dev (struct xfrm_state *xs );

like, it takes one pointer and hands you back a struct net_device *, periodt 🦋

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• xs — pointer to the transformer state struct. that's the struct xfrm_state *, iykyk 💜

🔥 CONTEXT 🔥

real talk: the caller must hold rcu_read_lock. not optional, not a vibe, it's the rule 😭

⭐ RETURN ⭐

it gives you the device for IPsec offload 🎀 — or NULL if it doesn't exist. that's it, that's the whole return value 💀

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
• bond_dev_queue_xmit(9)
• bond_vlan_rx_add_vid(9)
• bond_vlan_rx_kill_vid(9)
• bond_ipsec_add_sa(9)
• bond_ipsec_del_sa(9)
• bond_ipsec_offload_ok(9)
• bond_advance_esn_state(9)
• bond_xfrm_update_stats(9)
• bond_set_dev_addr(9)
• bond_choose_primary_or_current(9)
• bond_find_best_slave(9)
• bond_change_active_slave(9)
• bond_select_active_slave(9)
• bond_xmit_hash(9)
• bond_xmit_hash_xdp(9)
• bond_get_slave_by_id(9)
• bond_rr_gen_slave_id(9)
• bond_sk_hash_l34(9)

like, that's a whole friend group of bonding functions and they all live together in ./drivers/net/bonding 🧚💖

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and that's the page, bestie — sourced from ./drivers/net/bonding, dated October 2026 🗓️✨ mwah, go hold that rcu_read_lock and slay 👑💅