xcan_get_berr_counter(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 xcan_get_berr_counter(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, we're deep in the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> today and the star of the show is xcan_get_berr_counter — say it with me, bestie: x-can-get-berr-counter. iconic name, no notes 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

xcan_get_berr_counter — the error counter routine 🎀 literally what it says on the tin, and she ate

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int xcan_get_berr_counter (const struct net_device *ndev , struct
       can_berr_counter *bec );

that's it. that's the whole vibe check. two pointers and an int return, she's lowkey elegant 💅

⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

  • ndev — pointer to a net_device structure 🫶 like, the NIC's whole personality lives in there
  • bec — pointer to a can_berr_counter structure 🌈 this is where the counter juice goes

two args, both pointers, both absolutely carrying the function. periodt 👑

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so basically? this is the driver error counter routine. that's the whole description fr fr — she's a specialist, she does one thing, and honestly? main character energy 💀✨

no cap, don't go looking for extra lore here, this is the entire canon 💖

🔥 RETURN 🔥

  • 0 on success 🎉 slay
  • a failure value on error 😭 not slay, but that's the deal

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay this is the part where the group chat gets LONG, grab a snack bestie 🍓

Kernel file ./drivers/net/can/xilinx_can.c, plus the whole friend group:

like I said. the entire friend group. iykyk 🌈💫

💀 friendly reminder bestie: this page ships out of ./drivers/net/can and it's dated October 2026 — yes, the future, she's ahead of her time 👑

k bye, go read your error counters, ily 🫶💖✨

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