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github.com/vishvananda/netlink.LinkByName

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The 7564th most-called third-party function by production calls. Called 306 times across 30 modules; 79 of those run outside tests and generated code.

No change in production calls since 2026-W37.

All of github.com/vishvananda/netlink → Docs on pkg.go.dev ↗

prod calls
79
non-test, non-generated
all calls
306
total callsites
modules
30
distinct callers
in loop
11%
of prod calls
in tests
74%
227 calls
resolved
100%
to a known target

resolution mix

How each call resolves

How each call was attributed. Only resolved kinds, where the target function is known, count toward the ranking. Interface dispatch and unresolved receivers are reported separately and never guessed. Read the taxonomy →

  • Package function90%A direct call to an exported package function, resolved by type.
  • Package function (by syntax)10%A package function in a module outside the crawl, keyed by import path.

who calls this

Notable callers

Production calls into LinkByName from notable Go projects. Open one on the map to see what else it hammers.

where it's called

Callsites in the wild

12 representative callsites of 306, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.

LinkByName · 12 of 306 callsites

top callers

The modules that reach for it

The modules that call LinkByName most in this snapshot.

  • github.com/vishvananda/netlink18761%
  • github.com/docker/libnetwork299%
  • github.com/flannel-io/flannel103%
  • github.com/containerd/nerdctl/v283%
  • github.com/u-root/u-root83%

siblings

More from github.com/vishvananda/netlink

The other most-called functions in this package. See all →