ieee80211_find_sta(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay bestie, so ieee80211_find_sta — it finds a station. that's it, that's the vibe. this is the Kernel API Manual page for it, and we're gonna get you comfy with it ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct ieee80211_sta * ieee80211_find_sta (struct ieee80211_vif *vif ,
const u8 *addr );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • vif — the virtual interface you're gonna go look for the station on 🫶
  • addr — the station's address, like its little name tag 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get the station back, if it's found. otherwise you get NULL — no station, no notes, nothing 😭

🔥 NOTE 🔥

bestie. listen. this is the important part, do not skip it 🙈

this function must be called under RCU lock, and the pointer it hands you is only valid under RCU lock as well. like, the pointer is lowkey on a timer — it's valid under RCU lock and nowhere else. no cap 🧚

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole squad, fr fr — starting with the kernel file:

like… the way that list ate and left no crumbs 👑 go read whichever ones you need, i'm not your mom (i am your bestie tho 💜)

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🦋 this lil gem lives in ./include/net and it's dated October 2026 — so fresh, so iconic. mwah 💋🌸

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