tipc_update_nametbl(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 tipc_update_nametbl — or, the glow-up of the kernel API manual ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to the tipc_update_nametbl(9) page, straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🎀 — yes, the kernel has lore and we're reading it together, this is our main character era 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

tipc_update_nametbl — the function that literally tries to process a nametable update and then notifies the subscribers 💫 lowkey the social-butterfly of the TIPC world, fr fr

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool tipc_update_nametbl (struct net *net , struct distr_item *i , u32
node , u32 dtype );

Yup, that's the whole signature 👑 bool in, bool-ish energy out, and four arguments that all get their own little spotlight below 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • net — the associated network namespace 🌐 like, the whole vibe of a network space, that's what this is
  • i — location of the item in the message 📍 it's giving "where's the thing, there's the thing"
  • node — the node address 📬 where the node lives, address-wise
  • dtype — name distributor message type 🏷️ which flavour of name-distributor message we're dealing with

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

⚠️ tipc_nametbl_lock must be held. 💀 Like, non-negotiable. Hold the lock. This is not a drill, bestie.

That's the whole description and honestly? It ate. Concise queen behavior 👑

⭐ RETURN ⭐

It returns the publication item if successful 😌✨ — otherwise NULL 🙈 so please, for the love of everything, check for NULL. We do not raw-dog return values in this household 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

All the siblings in ./net/tipc/name_distr.c — go say hi, they're all iconic 🔥

And that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀💖✨ This masterpiece lives in ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, and answers to the name tipc_update_nametbl(9) 🦋 she's booked, she's blessed, she's in the kernel API manual 🌸💜

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