netif_dormant_off(9)

💤 netif_dormant_off(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so real talk, bestie: this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel dev girlies know 💅), and it's about a tiny little function that flips one flag. That's the whole plot. No cap.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

netif_dormant_off — set device as not dormant.

like… it wakes your network device out of its sleepy era. that's it. that's the function. 🦋

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void netif_dormant_off (struct net_device *dev );

no return value, nothing to check, she just does the thing and leaves. main character energy tbh 👑

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• dev — network device. literally just the net device you're un-dormanting. hand her the struct net_device * and she'll handle it 🫶

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Device is not in dormant state. periodt. 💅

that's the whole description y'all — after you call this, the device is not dormant anymore. she's up, she's awake, she's living her truth ✨

lowkey obsessed with how short this manpage is. not a single caveat, not a warning, not a bug note. just vibes and a state change 🌈

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie this list is long but every single one of them is iconic in her own way, so here's the full lineup, no skips 🎶

• Kernel file ./include/linux/netdevice.h struct gro_node(9)
• 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_priv(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(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)

iykyk, the netif_dormant_on(9) / netif_dormant(9) trio is right there in the middle — she's got sisters 💜

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and that's the whole page, babe 🍓 it lives over in ./include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's filed under netif_dormant_off(9) in the Kernel API Manual — now go forth and un-dormant responsibly 🧚‍♀️💫