1<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>dev_get_by_name</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="Linux Networking and Network Devices APIs"><link rel="up" href="netdev.html#idp1097739572" title="Driver Support"><link rel="prev" href="API-dev-get-by-name-rcu.html" title="dev_get_by_name_rcu"><link rel="next" href="API---dev-get-by-index.html" title="__dev_get_by_index"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center"><span class="phrase">dev_get_by_name</span></th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="API-dev-get-by-name-rcu.html">Prev</a>&#160;</td><th width="60%" align="center">Driver Support</th><td width="20%" align="right">&#160;<a accesskey="n" href="API---dev-get-by-index.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="refentry"><a name="API-dev-get-by-name"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>dev_get_by_name &#8212; 
2     find a device by its name
3 </p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv"><h2>Synopsis</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" class="funcprototype-table" summary="Function synopsis" style="cellspacing: 0; cellpadding: 0;"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">struct net_device * <b class="fsfunc">dev_get_by_name </b>(</code></td><td>struct net * <var class="pdparam">net</var>, </td></tr><tr><td>&#160;</td><td>const char * <var class="pdparam">name</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer">&#160;</div></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1097816500"></a><h2>Arguments</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl class="variablelist"><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>net</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
4     the applicable net namespace
5    </p></dd><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>name</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
6     name to find
7    </p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="refsect1"><a name="idp1097819124"></a><h2>Description</h2><p>
8   Find an interface by name. This can be called from any
9   context and does its own locking. The returned handle has
10   the usage count incremented and the caller must use <code class="function">dev_put</code> to
11   release it when it is no longer needed. <code class="constant">NULL</code> is returned if no
12   matching device is found.
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