net/6lowpan/core.c
Source file repositories/reference/linux-study-clean/net/6lowpan/core.c
File Facts
- System
- Linux kernel
- Corpus path
net/6lowpan/core.c- Extension
.c- Size
- 4169 bytes
- Lines
- 184
- Domain
- Networking Core
- Bucket
- Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy
- Inferred role
- Networking Core: exported/initcall integration point
- Status
- integration 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.
- Exports symbols or registers init work; inspect boot/module ordering and who consumes the exported contract.
- Uses kernel synchronization; read lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt context assumptions before translating.
- Defines or uses C structs; map object ownership, embedded links, reference counts, and lock ownership.
Dependency Surface
linux/if_arp.hlinux/module.hnet/6lowpan.hnet/addrconf.h6lowpan_i.h
Detected Declarations
function lowpan_register_netdevicefunction lowpan_register_netdevfunction lowpan_unregister_netdevicefunction lowpan_unregister_netdevfunction addrconf_ifid_802154_6lowpanfunction lowpan_eventfunction lowpan_module_initfunction lowpan_module_exitmodule init lowpan_module_initexport lowpan_register_netdeviceexport lowpan_register_netdevexport lowpan_unregister_netdeviceexport lowpan_unregister_netdev
Annotated Snippet
module_init(lowpan_module_init);
module_exit(lowpan_module_exit);
MODULE_DESCRIPTION("IPv6 over Low-Power Wireless Personal Area Network core module");
MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");Annotation
- Immediate include surface: `linux/if_arp.h`, `linux/module.h`, `net/6lowpan.h`, `net/addrconf.h`, `6lowpan_i.h`.
- Detected declarations: `function lowpan_register_netdevice`, `function lowpan_register_netdev`, `function lowpan_unregister_netdevice`, `function lowpan_unregister_netdev`, `function addrconf_ifid_802154_6lowpan`, `function lowpan_event`, `function lowpan_module_init`, `function lowpan_module_exit`, `module init lowpan_module_init`, `export lowpan_register_netdevice`.
- Atlas domain: Networking Core / Sockets, Protocols, Packet Path, And Network Policy.
- Implementation status: integration implementation candidate.
- Synchronization appears in or near this file; preserve lock ordering, sleepability, and interrupt-context constraints.
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.