netdev_priv(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to the netdev_priv(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it’s literally about accessing a network device’s private data, and it’s lowkey iconic. 💅✨

💖 NAME 💖

netdev_priv — access network device private data

🫶 SYNOPSIS 🫶

void * netdev_priv (const struct net_device *dev );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• dev — network device. that’s the whole arg, bestie 🎀

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

Get network device private data. That’s it. That’s the function. It gives you back the private data for the network device, and the synopsis says the return type is void * — no extra lore, no side quest. 🦋

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the kernel file ./include/linux/netdevice.h and struct gro_node(9), plus this whole group chat of related refs:

• napi_is_scheduled(9)
• napi_schedule(9)
• napi_schedule_irqoff(9)
• napi_complete_done(9)
• napi_synchronize(9)
• napi_if_scheduled_mark_missed(9)
• enum netdev_priv_flags(9)
• struct net_device(9)
• netdev_from_priv(9)
• netif_napi_add(9)
• netif_napi_add_config(9)
• netif_napi_add_tx(9)
• __netif_napi_del(9)
• netif_napi_del(9)
• netif_start_queue(9)
• netif_wake_queue(9)
• netif_stop_queue(9)
• netif_queue_stopped(9)
• netdev_queue_set_dql_min_limit(9)
• netdev_txq_bql_enqueue_prefetchw(9)
• netdev_txq_bql_complete_prefetchw(9)
• netdev_tx_sent_queue(9)
• netdev_sent_queue(9)
• netdev_tx_completed_queue(9)
• netdev_completed_queue(9)
• netdev_tx_reset_subqueue(9)
• netdev_reset_queue(9)
• netdev_cap_txqueue(9)
• netif_running(9)
• netif_start_subqueue(9)
• netif_stop_subqueue(9)
• __netif_subqueue_stopped(9)
• netif_subqueue_stopped(9)
• netif_wake_subqueue(9)
• netif_attr_test_mask(9)
• netif_attr_test_online(9)
• netif_attrmask_next(9)
• netif_attrmask_next_and(9)
• netif_is_multiqueue(9)
• dev_hold(9)
• dev_put(9)
• linkwatch_sync_dev(9)
• netif_carrier_ok(9)
• netif_dormant_on(9)
• netif_dormant_off(9)
• netif_dormant(9)
• netif_testing_on(9)
• netif_testing_off(9)
• netif_testing(9)
• netif_oper_up(9)
• netif_device_present(9)
• netif_tx_lock(9)
• __dev_uc_sync(9)
• __dev_uc_unsync(9)
• __dev_mc_sync(9)
• __dev_mc_unsync(9)

source: ./include/linux · date: October 2026 · manual: netdev_priv(9) — mwah, bestie 💋🌈