sel_netif_find(9)

omg hiii bestie 💖 welcome to the sel_netif_find(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's giving “find that one interface record” energy, and we're gonna get through it together ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

sel_netif_find — Search for an interface record

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct sel_netif * sel_netif_find (const struct net *ns , int ifindex );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ns — the network namespace 💅
• ifindex — the network interface 🦋

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so literally what it does: it searches the network interface table and returns the record matching ifindex. that's the vibe ✨

if an entry can not be found in the table, it returns NULL 😭 no record, no drama.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

also go peek at these besties — the kernel file is ./security/selinux/netif.c, and the related calls are:

• sel_netif_hashfn(9)
• sel_netif_insert(9)
• sel_netif_destroy(9)
• sel_netif_sid_slow(9)
• sel_netif_sid(9)
• sel_netif_kill(9)
• sel_netif_flush(9)

source/version + date vibes: ./security/selinux, October 2026, for sel_netif_find(9) — mwah 💋 bye bestie, slay responsibly 🫶✨