ethnl_bitset_is_compact(9)

✨ ethnl_bitset_is_compact(9) ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the <pink>ethnl_bitset_is_compact</pink> page from the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the function name, yes it's a mouthful, no we're not renaming it, it's iconic as-is 💅

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🎀 NAME 🎀

ethnl_bitset_is_compact — check if bitset attribute represents a compact bitset

like, literally just a vibe check on whether your bitset attribute is compact or not 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ethnl_bitset_is_compact (const struct nlattr *bitset , bool *compact
);

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• bitset — nested attribute representing a bitset 🌈 (yes, nested, it's giving layers)
• compact — pointer for return value 👑 (this is where the answer gets dropped off)

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success 🫶, negative error code on failure 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./net/ethtool/bitset.c — go read it, iykyk 📖

• ethnl_bitmap32_clear(9)
• ethnl_bitmap32_not_zero(9)
• ethnl_bitmap32_update(9)
• ethnl_bitset32_size(9)
• ethnl_put_bitset32(9)
• ethnl_name_to_idx(9)
• ethnl_bitmap32_equal(9)
• ethnl_update_bitset32(9)
• ethnl_parse_bitset(9)

basically the whole bitset friend group, they all ate 💅✨

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mwah, that's the whole page — shoutout to ./net/ethtool, October 2026, for making this little kernel moment possible 🧚💜