eth_commit_mac_addr_change(9)

💅 eth_commit_mac_addr_change(9) 💅

okay bestie, this cutie is straight out of the Kernel API Manual — no cap, it's giving “short but iconic” ✨.

🌸 NAME 🌸

eth_commit_mac_addr_change — literally the “commit mac change” function, and yes that's the whole name, periodt 💅.

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void eth_commit_mac_addr_change (struct net_device *dev , void *p );

It's void, so no return value to obsess over 😌.

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

Two args, bestie, and they are:

• dev — the network device 🖥️
• p — the socket address 📬

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/ethernet/eth.c is the home base, and the whole related-function squad is:

• eth_header(9)
• eth_get_headlen(9)
• eth_type_trans(9)
• eth_header_cache(9)
• eth_header_cache_update(9)
• eth_header_parse_protocol(9)
• eth_prepare_mac_addr_change(9)
• eth_mac_addr(9)
• ether_setup(9)
• alloc_etherdev_mqs(9)
• platform_get_ethdev_address(9)
• nvmem_get_mac_address(9)
• fwnode_get_mac_address(9)
• device_get_mac_address(9)
• device_get_ethdev_address(9)

mwah 💋 — shoutout to the source/version tag ./net/ethernet and the October 2026 date, and that's the whole page, slay 🫶.