github.com/vishvananda/netlink.LinkByName
third-partyThe 7567th most-called third-party function by production calls. Called 305 times across 29 modules; 78 of those run outside tests and generated code.
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- prod calls
- 78
- non-test, non-generated
- all calls
- 305
- total callsites
- modules
- 29
- distinct callers
- in loop
- 12%
- 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.
- Docker 25 32%
- containerd 7 9%
- Istio 2 3%
- KubeVirt 2 3%
- Cilium 1 1%
where it's called
Callsites in the wild
12 representative callsites of 305, prioritizing in-loop and non-test usage. We link to source, never display it.
- in loop
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google/gvisor @v0.0.0-20260805052044-b67f1412986c
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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istio.io/istio @v0.0.0-20260804075250-35fae141dc60
tools/common/config/config_linux.go:32
in loop -
istio/istio @v0.0.0-20260804075250-35fae141dc60
in loop -
google/gvisor @v0.0.0-20260805052044-b67f1412986c
in loop - in loop
- in loop
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vishvananda/netlink @v1.3.1
in loop test - in loop test
- in loop test
top callers
The modules that reach for it
The modules that call LinkByName most in this snapshot.
- github.com/vishvananda/netlink18761%
- github.com/docker/libnetwork2910%
- 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 →