Name
dev_get_by_name —
find a device by its name
Synopsis
struct net_device * dev_get_by_name ( | struct net * net, |
| | const char * name); |
Arguments
net
the applicable net namespace
name
name to find
Description
Find an interface by name. This can be called from any
context and does its own locking. The returned handle has
the usage count incremented and the caller must use dev_put to
release it when it is no longer needed. NULL is returned if no
matching device is found.