batadv_bla_b...e_dump_entry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_bla_backbone_dump_entry 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 🌸 — this page is batadv_bla_b...e_dump_entry(9) (yes the terminal ate some of the name, it's giving truncation energy, we move 💀). today we're dumping exactly one entry of the backbone table to a netlink socket. one. singular. main character only 👑✨

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_bla_backbone_dump_entry — dump one entry of the backbone table to a netlink socket 🦋

like literally just the one entry, no cap 💜

🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

int batadv_bla_backbone_dump_entry (struct sk_buff *msg , u32 portid ,
       struct netlink_callback *cb , struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if ,
       struct batadv_bla_backbone_gw *backbone_gw );

that's the whole vibe, five args, int return, slay 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • msg — buffer for the message 🧺 put the message in the buffer, that's the whole task
  • portid — netlink port ⚡ the port id, the netlink one, iykyk
  • cb — Control block containing additional options 🎛️ literally a control block, and it's carrying extra options around
  • primary_if — primary interface 🫶 the primary interface, that's her
  • backbone_gw — entry to dump 🍓 this is the actual entry getting dumped, the star of the show

🔥 RETURN 🔥

0 or error code. that's it. zero if it ate and left no crumbs, or an error code if it did not slay 😭

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the kernel file lives right here — Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c 🦋

and now the extended friend group, the whole group chat of related pages, no one gets left out 💖:

ok that's everyone, go say hi 💜

real talk though: the only returns are 0 or error code, so if you're getting anything else, that's not this function's fault, don't come for her 💅

that's the page!! source location ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, from the Kernel API Manual — batadv_bla_b...e_dump_entry(9), and yes she's iconic, periodt 🎀✨🦋

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