include/net/net_trackers.h

File Facts

System

Linux kernel

Corpus path

include/net/net_trackers.h

Extension

.h

Size

424 bytes

Lines

19

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/ref_tracker.h

Detected Declarations

• No top-level syscall, struct, function, initcall, or export declaration detected by the generator.

Annotated Snippet

#ifndef __NET_NET_TRACKERS_H
#define __NET_NET_TRACKERS_H
#include <linux/ref_tracker.h>

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_DEV_REFCNT_TRACKER
typedef struct ref_tracker *netdevice_tracker;
#else
typedef struct {} netdevice_tracker;
#endif

#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS_REFCNT_TRACKER
typedef struct ref_tracker *netns_tracker;
#else
typedef struct {} netns_tracker;
#endif

#endif /* __NET_NET_TRACKERS_H */

Annotation

• Immediate include surface: `linux/ref_tracker.h`.
• 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.