bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(9)

💖 bond_opt_tryset_rtnl(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a tiny little function from the bonding driver and it's honestly kind of iconic for how much it does with so few lines 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

bond_opt_tryset_rtnl — literally the "try to acquire rtnl and call __bond_opt_set" girlie 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int bond_opt_tryset_rtnl (struct bonding *bond , unsigned int option ,
char *buf );

she returns an int, no cap 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bond — the target bond device, aka the main character of this whole situation 👑
• option — the option you wanna set, like, which knob are we turning bestie
• buf — the value you're setting it to, the actual vibe you're assigning ✨

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕ — this function tries to acquire RTNL without blocking, and if that works out? she calls __bond_opt_set. that's it, that's the whole personality.

she's mainly used for sysfs option manipulation, which is lowkey her whole gig. iykyk 💅

ngl the "without blocking" part is the moment — she does not sit around waiting for RTNL, she just tries and moves on. no obsessive energy, we love a healthy boundary 🧚

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

all the siblings and neighbors, fr fr — over in the kernel file ./drivers/net/bonding/bond_options.c:

• bond_opt_parse(9)
• __bond_opt_set(9)
• __bond_opt_set_notify(9)
• bond_opt_get(9)
• slave_set_ns_maddrs(9)
• slave_set_ns_maddr(9)

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and that's a wrap! this lil page came to you straight out of ./drivers/net/bonding, dated October 2026 — periodt, go read the whole bonding directory, ily, bye 💖🎀🦋