ethnl_default_parse(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for ethnl_default_parse(9) — it's giving "parse the request message" energy and honestly? iconic 💅✨

💖 NAME

ethnl_default_parse — parse the request message 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS

int ethnl_default_parse (struct ethnl_req_info *req_info , const struct genl_info *info , const struct ethnl_request_ops *request_ops , bool require_dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS

• req_info — pointer to the structure we're putting data into 🫶
• info — the genl_info from the request ✨
• request_ops — the struct request_ops for the request type 💅
• require_dev — fail if no device is identified in the header 😭 this one is strict, no cap

🦋 DESCRIPTION

So it parses the universal request header, then calls the request-specific ->parse_request callback — if one is defined — to parse the rest of the message. That's the vibe: header first, callback second, no skipping steps 🌈

🌸 RETURN

0 on success, or a negative error code 😭 pretty straightforward, periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO

• Kernel file ./net/ethtool/netlink.c
• ethnl_parse_header_dev_get(9)
• ethnl_fill_reply_header(9)
• ethnl_reply_init(9)
• struct ethnl_dump_ctx(9)
• struct ethnl_perphy_dump_ctx(9)
• ethnl_init_reply_data(9)

bye bestie 🫶 this page's source/version is ./net/ethtool, dated October 2026, and it's all about ethnl_default_parse(9) 💖