batadv_algo_dump(9)

💅 batadv_algo_dump(9)

Okay bestie, so this one is from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the kernel has its own manual, she's iconic like that. This page is all about batadv_algo_dump, and honestly? The name lowkey spoils it: she fills in information about supported routing algorithms. That's it, that's the gig. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_algo_dump — fill in information about supported routing algorithms, bestie. She's the one who shows up with the receipts on which routing algos are even a thing. 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_algo_dump (struct sk_buff *msg , struct netlink_callback *cb
);

Look at that signature. Clean. Precise. Main character energy fr fr. ⭐

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• msg — the netlink message to be sent back 💌 like, this is the envelope she's stuffing full of algorithm info.
• cb — Parameters to the netlink request. Yes bestie, cap P, that's the whole one-liner, we don't make things up around here. 🫶

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

Length of reply message. That's it. She returns a length, no cap. 💀

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bat_algo.c — the mothership, iykyk 🧚
• batadv_algo_init(9)
• batadv_algo_get(9)
• batadv_algo_register(9)
• batadv_algo_select(9)
• batadv_param_set_ra(9)
• batadv_algo_dump_entry(9)

All of these are in the friend group, go say hi. 💜

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Okay that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and dump those algorithms. 🍓

Source: ./net/batman-adv · Date: October 2026 — mwah, see u in the next man page 😭💅