ipv6_dev_find(9)

🦋 ipv6_dev_find — the Kernel API Manual, but make it cute 🦋

bestie, welcome to ipv6_dev_find(9) 💖 this is the manual page for finding the first device with a given source address, and yes, we're gonna read it together like it's the group chat.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ipv6_dev_find — find the first device with a given source address. slay, that's the whole mission 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct net_device * ipv6_dev_find (struct net *net , const struct
in6_addr *addr , struct net_device *dev );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• net — the net namespace 🌐
• addr — the source address 📬
• dev — used to find the L3 domain of interest 🔎

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

okay so here's the vibe check: the caller should be protected by RCU, or RTNL 🔒

🫶 that's not a suggestion, bestie — the caller should be protected by RCU, or RTNL. no cap.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/ipv6/addrconf.c — go peek, iykyk 👀

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xoxo, your ipv6_dev_find(9) bestie — source/version: ./net/ipv6, dated October 2026 🫶💖✨