tipc_node_get_linkname(9)

💅 tipc_node_get_linkname(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so this is tipc_node_get_linkname, and yes it lives in the Kernel API Manual section 9 (iykyk) 💖 it does exactly one thing and it does it cute: it grabs you the name of a link. periodt.

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tipc_node_get_linkname — get the name of a link 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int tipc_node_get_linkname (struct net *net , u32 bearer_id , u32 addr ,
       char *linkname , size_t len );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• net — the applicable net namespace, like, the whole vibe container this is happening in 🌐
• bearer_id — id of the bearer, fr fr which bearer we're talking about 💫
• addr — peer node address, aka who's on the other end 👀
• linkname — link name output buffer, the lil spot where the name gets written 🎀
• len — size of linkname output buffer, so we know how much room we've got 📏

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success 🎉 (that's the slay outcome)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/tipc/node.c and struct tipc_node(9) — the main character source file and its struct 🫶
• tipc_node_crypto_rx(9)
• __tipc_node_link_up(9)
• tipc_node_link_up(9)
• tipc_node_link_failover(9)
• __tipc_node_link_down(9)
• tipc_node_xmit(9)
• tipc_node_bc_rcv(9)
• tipc_node_check_state(9)
• tipc_rcv(9)
• tipc_node_dump(9)

like, that's the whole friend group, go read them all 💅

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okay bestie that's the whole page — no cap, every detail is here, nothing skipped 🧚

and the cute lil sign-off from the original footer: this one's from ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, under the name tipc_node_get_linkname(9) 💜 bye!! 🦋