ieee80211_is_public_action(9)

💅 ieee80211_is_public_action(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's literally just one tiny little helper doing one tiny little check, but she's iconic and we're gonna learn her 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

ieee80211_is_public_action — checks whether a frame is a public action frame, no cap, that's the whole job 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool ieee80211_is_public_action (struct ieee80211_hdr *hdr , size_t len );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• hdr — the frame 🌸 like, the actual frame you're side-eyeing
• len — the length of the frame 📏 you gotta tell her how long it is, she's not a mind reader

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✨ RETURN ✨

She tells you whether or not the frame is a public action frame 💫 yes-or-no, bool energy, no in-between (the in-between is false, bestie) 👑

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

The kernel file ./include/linux/ieee80211.h is the home base 🏠 and honestly the whole friend group is here, so let's do the roll call fr fr:

• 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_req(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_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)

go read them all, i'll wait 💅 (jk, but like… you should 🫶)

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and that's the whole page, bestie! 🌈 this cutie lives in ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and she's filed under ieee80211_is_public_action(9) in the Kernel API Manual — mwah, slay, periodt 💜✨