netif_stacke...er_operstate(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 NAME 💖

okay so this is netif_stacked_transfer_operstate — the manual-page girlies will find it under netif_stacked_transfer_operstate(9) in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, we love a numbered section). and yes bestie, the header truncates it to netif_stacke...er_operstate(9) and honestly? she's serving mystery. but it's fine. it's fine.

and what does it do, you ask? transfer operstate. that's literally it. that's the whole name. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void netif_stacked_transfer_operstate (const struct net_device *rootdev
, struct net_device *dev );

no return value, she just does the thing. void queen behavior, honestly 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • rootdev — the root or lower level device to transfer state from. she's the source, the origin story, the main character we're copying vibes from ✨
  • dev — the device to transfer operstate to. she's the one receiving the look, the glow-up, the operational-state hand-me-down 💖

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the actual deal: this transfers the operational state from root to device. like, exact same energy, just relocated. 📦➡️📦

and when does that happen? it's normally called when a stacking relationship exists between the root device and the device (a leaf device). so root gives, leaf receives, the whole tree stays in sync. it's giving family group chat where the mom sends the important info and everybody else just reads it. no cap. 🌳✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

she lives in the kernel file ./net/core/dev.c, and she has so many friends. genuinely a whole friend group. iykyk. here's the roster, no one left out, everybody's invited to the function:

🧚 SIGN-OFF 🧚

that's the whole page, bestie! sourced from ./net/core, dated October 2026, and it's still filed under netif_stacke...er_operstate(9) because apparently even kernel docs aren't immune to a little truncation moment 😭💀 go forth and transfer that operstate responsibly. periodt. 💜🌸🌈

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