do_set_multicast_list(9)

💖 do_set_multicast_list(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to this little page from the Kernel API Manual — it's all about setting or clearing the multicast filter, and it's short but iconic. no cap. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

do_set_multicast_list — set/clear multicast filter 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void do_set_multicast_list (struct net_device *dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — net device for which multicast filter is adjusted ✨

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Set or clear the multicast filter for this adaptor. periodt.

bestie, real talk: it may be called from a BH in 2.1.x, and it must be called with lock held. do not skip the lock, fr fr — that caveat is giving serious main-character energy. 🔒💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ethernet/8390/lib8390.c
• ei_tx_err(9), ei_tx_intr(9), ei_receive(9), ei_rx_overrun(9), ethdev_setup(9) 🌈

mwah 💋 — this cutie comes from source/version ./drivers/net/ethernet/8390, dated October 2026 💜🧚‍♀️🎀