reg_leave_invalid_nan_wk(9)

💅 reg_leave_invalid_nan_wk — the Kernel API Manual, section 9 bestie 🎀

Okay so picture this: you're deep in the kernel wireless regulatory vibes, and you need a hand tearing down a NAN. That's literally this function. Welcome to the reg_leave_invalid_nan_wk(9) page, you're gonna slay it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

reg_leave_invalid_nan_wk — bestie, this one checks the channels and then tears down NAN when it's unusable 🔥

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void reg_leave_invalid_nan_wk (struct work_struct *work );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• work — the work struct. that's it, that's the whole vibe. she's the work item getting worked 🫶

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

So here's the tea ☕: stopping a NAN interface needs the RTNL, and reg_leave_invalid_chans_wk just cannot do that, because that one runs with the wiphy mutex held. So this lil work item is the main character that shows up to handle it instead 💅 periodt.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Lowkey go read the whole regulatory extended universe, the lore is unmatched:

• Kernel file ./net/wireless/reg.h
• regulatory_hint_indoor(9)
• regulatory_netlink_notify(9)
• regulatory_hint_found_beacon(9)
• regulatory_hint_country_ie(9)
• regulatory_hint_disconnect(9)
• cfg80211_get_unii(9)
• regulatory_indoor_allowed(9)
• regulatory_propagate_dfs_state(9)
• reg_dfs_domain_same(9)
• reg_reload_regdb(9)
• reg_check_channels(9)
• reg_leave_invalid_chans_wk(9)

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💀 and that's the page !! tysm for reading, mwah 🍓

Sign-off time 🧚✨: this lil masterpiece lives out of ./net/wireless, dropped in October 2026, and it's part and parcel of the Kernel API Manual — no cap 💜🌈