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.TH "__DEV_GET_BY_INDEX" "" "06 October 2005" "" ""

.SH NAME
__dev_get_by_index \- find a device by its ifindex
.SH SYNOPSIS
"SYNOPSIS"
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struct net_device * __dev_get_by_index  (int \fIifindex\fB);
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.SH "ARGUMENTS"
.TP
\fB\fIifindex\fB\fR
index of device
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Search for an interface by index. Returns NULL if the device
is not found or a pointer to the device. The device has not
had its reference counter increased so the caller must be careful
about locking. The caller must hold either the RTNL semaphore
or \fIdev_base_lock\fR\&.