ieee80211_is_probe_req(9)

💅 ieee80211_is_probe_req 💅

okay so bestie, buckle up — this is the ieee80211_is_probe_req page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's honestly iconic in its simplicity. tiny function, huge vibe. let's get into it 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

ieee80211_is_probe_req — check if IEEE80211_FTYPE_MGMT && IEEE80211_STYPE_PROBE_REQ, no cap 💖

like, that's literally the whole job. it peeks at a frame and goes "hmm is this a probe request or not" and that's it, that's the function 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ieee80211_is_probe_req (__le16 fc );

yes she's a bool-returning queen and she takes exactly one (1) argument. minimalist. main character energy 👑

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• fc — the frame control bytes, and listen, they're in little-endian byteorder so pls respect that, don't come at her with big-endian nonsense 😭

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns whether or not the frame is a probe request — literally that's it. true if yes, false if no. the vibe check of return values fr fr 💀✨

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

okay this list is long long, so grab a snack 🍓 — and also peep the kernel file ./include/linux/ieee80211.h because that's where all the magic lives:

• ieee80211_has_tods(9)
• ieee80211_has_fromds(9)
• ieee80211_has_a4(9)
• ieee80211_has_morefrags(9)
• ieee80211_has_retry(9)
• ieee80211_has_pm(9)
• ieee80211_has_moredata(9)
• ieee80211_has_protected(9)
• ieee80211_has_order(9)
• ieee80211_is_mgmt(9)
• ieee80211_is_ctl(9)
• ieee80211_is_data(9)
• ieee80211_is_ext(9)
• ieee80211_is_data_qos(9)
• ieee80211_is_data_present(9)
• ieee80211_is_assoc_req(9)
• ieee80211_is_assoc_resp(9)
• ieee80211_is_reassoc_req(9)
• ieee80211_is_reassoc_resp(9)
• ieee80211_is_assoc(9)
• ieee80211_is_probe_resp(9)
• ieee80211_is_beacon(9)
• ieee80211_is_atim(9)
• ieee80211_is_disassoc(9)
• ieee80211_is_auth(9)
• ieee80211_is_deauth(9)
• ieee80211_is_action(9)
• ieee80211_is_back_req(9)
• ieee80211_is_back(9)
• ieee80211_is_pspoll(9)
• ieee80211_is_rts(9)
• ieee80211_is_cts(9)
• ieee80211_is_ack(9)
• ieee80211_is_cfend(9)
• ieee80211_is_cfendack(9)
• ieee80211_is_nullfunc(9)
• ieee80211_is_qos_nullfunc(9)
• ieee80211_is_trigger(9)
• ieee80211_is_any_nullfunc(9)
• ieee80211_is_first_frag(9)
• ieee80211_is_frag(9)
• struct ieee80211_quiet_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_msrment_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_channel_sw_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_ext_chansw_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_sec_chan_offs_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_wide_bw_chansw_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_tim_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_tpc_report_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_bss_load_elem(9)
• struct ieee80211_timeout_interval_ie(9)
• enum ieee80211_idle_options(9)
• struct ieee80211_bss_max_idle_period_ie(9)
• struct ieee80211_bssid_index(9)
• struct ieee80211_multiple_bssid_configuration(9)
• ieee80211_get_qos_ctl(9)
• ieee80211_get_tid(9)
• ieee80211_get_SA(9)
• ieee80211_get_DA(9)
• ieee80211_is_bufferable_mmpdu(9)
• _ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(9)
• ieee80211_is_robust_mgmt_frame(9)
• ieee80211_is_public_action(9)
• ieee80211_is_protected_dual_of_public_action(9)
• _ieee80211_is_group_privacy_action(9)
• ieee80211_is_group_privacy_action(9)
• ieee80211_tu_to_usec(9)
• ieee80211_get_tdls_action(9)
• ieee80211_action_contains_tpc(9)
• ieee80211_is_timing_measurement(9)
• ieee80211_is_ftm(9)
• for_each_element_completed(9)
• struct ieee80211_enh_crit_upd(9)
• ieee80211_check_tim(9)

like I said. long long. but every single one of them is a baddie in her own right 💅🔥

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sign-off szn: this whole thing lives in ./include/linux, it's dated October 2026, and it's part of the Kernel API Manual. k that's the teaaa, love u, go check your frame types 🧚‍♀️💖