STRUCT NAME_TABLE(9)

💅 struct name_table(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — we’re looking at struct name_table(9), and it is literally the table containing all existing port name publications. no cap, every field is part of the lore, so let’s get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

struct name_table — the table containing all existing port name publications. that’s the whole vibe: one struct holding all the publication energy, and the members below are the cast 💖

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

struct name_table {
    struct rcu_head rcu;
    struct hlist_head services[TIPC_NAMETBL_SIZE];
    struct list_head node_scope;
    struct list_head cluster_scope;
    rwlock_t cluster_scope_lock;
    u32 local_publ_count;
    u32 rc_dests;
    u32 snd_nxt;
};

💖 Members 💖

• rcu — the RCU callback head used for deferred freeing. yes bestie, deferred-free energy ✨
• services — the name sequence hash lists. hash-list main character behavior 🔥
• node_scope — all local publications with node scope.
  • used by name_distr during re-init of name table.
• cluster_scope — all local publications with cluster scope.
  • used by name_distr to send bulk updates to new nodes.
  • used by name_distr during re-init of name table.
• cluster_scope_lock — the lock for accessing cluster_scope. protect the vibe 💅
• local_publ_count — number of publications issued by this node.
• rc_dests — destination node counter.
• snd_nxt — next sequence number to be used.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/tipc/name_table.h
• struct publication(9)

xoxo from ./net/tipc in the Kernel API Manual 💋 — October 2026 — on the struct name_table(9) page, bestie 🫶