cfg80211_stop_iface(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

✨ NAME ✨

cfg80211_stop_iface — trigger interface disconnection

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for cfg80211_stop_iface, and the whole vibe is literally: trigger interface disconnection. bestie, that's the name and the game 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the signature, exactly as it appears, no cap:

void cfg80211_stop_iface (struct wiphy *wiphy , struct wireless_dev
       *wdev , gfp_t gfp );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • wiphy — the wiphy 💅
  • wdev — wireless device 🦋
  • gfp — context flags ✨

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Trigger interface to be stopped as if AP was stopped, IBSS/mesh left, STA disconnected. that's it, that's the whole moment. it's giving "shut it down, but make it look natural" energy 😭🔥

🌈 NOTE 🌈

This doesn't need any locks and is asynchronous. no cap, bestie — no locking arc here, and it's not gonna wait around 💅

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

okay bestie, this is the part where the page goes "and here's literally everyone else in the cfg80211 cinematic universe 💫" — it's a long guest list, so grab a snack. Every single one is <9> (kernel-doc section pages), and every single one is coming to the party. No skipping, no cap 🫶

First up, the source of truth and the intro fam:

okay next block, the whole actions & config era — this is where the chandef girlies live and they are thriving 💅

scanning era 🌸 she's out here looking for BSSes and she is thorough:

  • Scanning and BSS list handling(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ssid(9)
  • struct cfg80211_scan_info(9)
  • struct cfg80211_scan_6ghz_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_scan_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_match_set(9)
  • struct cfg80211_sched_scan_plan(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss_select_adjust(9)
  • struct cfg80211_sched_scan_request(9)
  • enum cfg80211_signal_type(9)
  • struct cfg80211_inform_bss(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss_ies(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss(9)
  • ieee80211_bss_get_elem(9)
  • ieee80211_bss_get_ie(9)
  • struct cfg80211_auth_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_assoc_link(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ml_reconf_req(9)
  • enum cfg80211_assoc_req_flags(9)
  • struct cfg80211_assoc_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_deauth_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_disassoc_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ibss_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_bss_selection(9)
  • struct cfg80211_connect_params(9)
  • enum cfg80211_connect_params_changed(9)
  • enum wiphy_params_flags(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmksa(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pkt_pattern(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_tcp(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan(9)
  • struct cfg80211_coalesce_rules(9)
  • struct cfg80211_coalesce(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_nd_match(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_nd_info(9)
  • struct cfg80211_wowlan_wakeup(9)
  • struct cfg80211_gtk_rekey_data(9)
  • struct cfg80211_update_ft_ies_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_mgmt_tx_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_dscp_exception(9)
  • struct cfg80211_dscp_range(9)
  • struct cfg80211_qos_map(9)

NAN besties, PMSR girlies, and the OWE/roaming crowd ✨:

  • Neighbor Awareness Networking (NAN)(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_band_config(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_conf(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_channel(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_local_sched(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_peer_map(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_peer_sched(9)
  • enum cfg80211_nan_conf_changes(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_func_filter(9)
  • struct cfg80211_nan_func(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmk_conf(9)
  • struct cfg80211_external_auth_params(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ftm_responder_stats(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_result(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_result(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_ftm_request_peer(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_request_peer(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_request(9)
  • struct cfg80211_update_owe_info(9)
  • struct mgmt_frame_regs(9)
  • struct cfg80211_ops(9)
  • enum wiphy_flags(9)
  • struct ieee80211_iface_limit(9)
  • struct ieee80211_iface_combination(9)
  • enum wiphy_wowlan_support_flags(9)
  • struct wiphy_wowlan_support(9)
  • struct wiphy_coalesce_support(9)
  • enum wiphy_vendor_command_flags(9)
  • enum wiphy_opmode_flag(9)
  • struct sta_opmode_info(9)
  • struct wiphy_vendor_command(9)
  • struct wiphy_iftype_ext_capab(9)
  • cfg80211_get_iftype_ext_capa(9)
  • struct cfg80211_pmsr_capabilities(9)
  • struct wiphy_iftype_akm_suites(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio_cfg(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio_freq_range(9)
  • struct wiphy_radio(9)
  • enum wiphy_nan_flags(9)
  • struct wiphy_nan_capa(9)

the wiphy main character era 👑 lifecycle, locking, and every flavour of work queue she owns:

utilities block, aka the little helpers that ate 💅:

data path helpers 🦋 (yes she converts your frames, yes she's iconic):

regulatory enforcement infrastructure 🔥 (don't mess with her, she knows what your radio's allowed to do):

BSS inform/done/lookup squad 🌈:

RFkill, vendor commands, test mode, and then the huge notification section 😭:

and that's the whole group chat 💖 literally every single one, checked off, nothing left behind.

okay so the SEE ALSO list is still going and it’s giving “group project where everyone actually showed up” 💅 every single one of these is part of the squad, no cap:

💖 and that’s the whole SEE ALSO glow-up, bestie! This page’s source is ./include/net, it’s dated October 2026, and the main-character title is cfg80211_stop_iface(9). mwah 💅✨

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