ib_get_client_nl_info(9)

💅 ib_get_client_nl_info(9) — like, the whole page

okay so bestie, welcome to ib_get_client_nl_info(9) from the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is a kernel function page, it's short, it's sweet, and honestly it's giving "one job, does it well" main character energy 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ib_get_client_nl_info — literally fetches the nl_info from a client. that's it. that's the whole vibe check 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ib_get_client_nl_info (struct ib_device *ibdev , const char
*client_name , struct ib_client_nl_info *res );

so you call it with a device, a client name, and a result pointer, and it hands you back an int 🫶 exactly like that, no cap — copy it character for character if you're typing it out.

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• ibdev — the IB device 💜 like, the actual InfiniBand device you're asking about.
• client_name — name of the client. yes, just the name. the string. the identifier. her name, basically 🌸
• res — result of the query. this is where the answer lands, so like… don't lose track of your pointer bestie 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this is the long part and I'm not skipping a single one, because every single reference is iconic in her own way 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/infiniband/core/device.c — like, the actual file, the source of truth, the mothership 🧚
• rdma_dev_access_netns(9)
• rdma_dev_has_raw_cap(9)
• ib_device_put(9)
• _ib_alloc_device(9)
• ib_dealloc_device(9)
• ib_port_immutable_read(9)
• ib_register_device(9)
• ib_unregister_device(9)
• ib_unregister_device_and_put(9)
• ib_unregister_driver(9)
• ib_unregister_device_queued(9)
• ib_register_client(9)
• ib_unregister_client(9)
• ib_set_client_data(9)
• ib_register_event_handler(9)
• ib_unregister_event_handler(9)
• ib_query_port(9)
• ib_device_set_netdev(9)
• ib_query_netdev_port(9)
• ib_device_get_by_netdev(9)
• ib_enum_roce_netdev(9)
• ib_enum_all_roce_netdevs(9)
• ib_device_enable_gid_updates(9)
• ib_device_disable_gid_updates(9)
• ib_query_pkey(9)
• ib_modify_device(9)
• ib_modify_port(9)
• ib_find_gid(9)
• ib_find_pkey(9)
• ib_get_net_dev_by_params(9)

thirty-one links, all present, all accounted for, no crumbs left behind 🍓 slay.

ngl if you came here looking for extra options — there are none. this page has arguments and a see-also list and that is the whole entire menu. no flags, no environment variables, no exit statuses, no examples. she's minimalist 💅

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and that's the page!! 🎀 this little cutie lives in ./drivers/infiniband/core, comes from the October 2026 edition of the docs, and goes by ib_get_client_nl_info(9) — go off, kernel docs, periodt 🌈⭐💖