for_each_active_interface(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 for_each_active_interface(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — this is the page for for_each_active_interface(9), and it's honestly one of the shortest little icon pages in the whole mac80211 saga. no cap. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

for_each_active_interface — iterate active interfaces under wiphy mutex 👑

so basically it's a loop macro that walks the active interfaces, and it does the whole thing while holding the wiphy mutex. that's the vibe check right there. 🔥

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

for_each_active_interface (vif , hw );

look at her. tiny. iconic. no notes. 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vif — the iterator variable 💖 this is the one that goes round and round, being each interface in turn. she's the main character of the loop, fr fr.
  • hw — the HW to iterate for 🌈 like, which hardware are we doing this for? that one. the HW.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so this list is literally the entire mac80211 universe in one place — do not skip it, i'm serious, every single one of these is part of the page 💀✨

bestie moment: this macro iterates under the wiphy mutex, so keep that in mind when you're looping, okay? that's literally the whole name of the page. 💜

and that's the page!! 273 see-also entries and like four lines of actual content, which is so on brand honestly. 💀🎀

— signed off from ./include/net 🍓, dated October 2026 ✨, and yes this was the for_each_active_interface(9) page, mwah 💋👑

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