include/net/ife.h
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/include/net/ife.h
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
include/net/ife.h- Extension
.h- Size
- 1057 bytes
- Lines
- 53
- Domain
- Networking Core
- Bucket
- Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy
- Inferred role
- Networking Core: implementation source
- Status
- source implementation candidate
Why This File Exists
Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.
- Networking stack implementation surface: socket APIs, protocol dispatch, packet flow, routing, filtering, and network namespaces.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/etherdevice.hlinux/rtnetlink.huapi/linux/ife.h
Detected Declarations
function ife_tlv_meta_encode
Annotated Snippet
#ifndef __NET_IFE_H
#define __NET_IFE_H
#include <linux/etherdevice.h>
#include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
#include <uapi/linux/ife.h>
#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_IFE)
void *ife_encode(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 metalen);
void *ife_decode(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *metalen);
void *ife_tlv_meta_decode(void *skbdata, const void *ifehdr_end, u16 *attrtype,
u16 *dlen, u16 *totlen);
int ife_tlv_meta_encode(void *skbdata, u16 attrtype, u16 dlen,
const void *dval);
void *ife_tlv_meta_next(void *skbdata);
#else
static inline void *ife_encode(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 metalen)
{
return NULL;
}
static inline void *ife_decode(struct sk_buff *skb, u16 *metalen)
{
return NULL;
}
static inline void *ife_tlv_meta_decode(void *skbdata, u16 *attrtype, u16 *dlen,
u16 *totlen)
{
return NULL;
}
static inline int ife_tlv_meta_encode(void *skbdata, u16 attrtype, u16 dlen,
const void *dval)
{
return 0;
}
static inline void *ife_tlv_meta_next(void *skbdata)
{
return NULL;
}
#endif
#endif /* __NET_IFE_H */
Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/etherdevice.h`, `linux/rtnetlink.h`, `uapi/linux/ife.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function ife_tlv_meta_encode`.
- Atlas domain: Networking Core / Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy.
- Implementation status: source implementation candidate.
Implementation Notes
- This generated page is the file-by-file coverage layer; curated subsystem chapters should link here when they synthesize a multi-file control flow.
- Core OS pages should be promoted from atlas-only to deep-reviewed when they explain data structures, invariants, locking, lifecycle, and C implementation snippets.
- Driver-family pages are intentionally pattern-oriented unless they are part of the selected PCIe/NVMe representative device path.