get_net_ns(9)

💅 get_net_ns(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for get_net_ns(9) — this is the little function that does the refcount thing for network namespaces. Let’s get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

get_net_ns — increment the refcount of the network namespace

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ns_common * get_net_ns (struct ns_common *ns );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ns — common namespace (net)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Returns the net's common namespace or ERR_PTR if ref is zero. That’s the whole vibe check, no cap 💖

💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file ./net/core/net_namespace.c.

• net_ns_get_ownership(9)
• net_ns_barrier(9)
• register_pernet_subsys(9)
• unregister_pernet_subsys(9)
• register_pernet_device(9)
• unregister_pernet_device(9)

cute little sign-off: source path ./net/core, dated October 2026, and the page is get_net_ns(9) 🎀🫶