batadv_bla_free(9)

💖 batadv_bla_free — the manual page bestie 💖

okay so this is batadv_bla_free(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual (section 9, kernel-functions land) — and honestly? she's a closer. like, her whole job is cleanup. icon behavior.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_bla_free — frees, like, all the bla structures. every last one. no crumbs. 🧹💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void batadv_bla_free (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• bat_priv — the bat priv, aka the thing holding all the mesh interface information. she's got the whole tea 🫖✨

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so this one's for when a mesh interface gets freed, or when the whole module unloads. cleanup era. batadv_bla_free handles it 🎀

ngl it's a very short description in the original and we're not about to invent extra lore — this is the whole vibe: meshinterface free, or module unload. periodt.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group 💜 — plus the kernel file where she lives:

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c
• batadv_choose_claim(9)
• batadv_choose_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_compare_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_compare_claim(9)
• batadv_backbone_gw_release(9)
• batadv_backbone_gw_put(9)
• batadv_claim_release(9)
• batadv_claim_put(9)
• batadv_claim_hash_find(9)
• batadv_backbone_hash_find(9)
• batadv_bla_del_backbone_claims(9)
• batadv_bla_send_claim(9)
• batadv_bla_loopdetect_report(9)
• batadv_bla_get_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_answer_request(9)
• batadv_bla_send_request(9)
• batadv_bla_send_announce(9)
• batadv_bla_add_claim(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_del_claim(9)
• batadv_handle_announce(9)
• batadv_handle_request(9)
• batadv_handle_unclaim(9)
• batadv_handle_claim(9)
• batadv_check_claim_group(9)
• batadv_bla_process_claim(9)
• batadv_bla_purge_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_purge_claims(9)
• batadv_bla_update_orig_address(9)
• batadv_bla_send_loopdetect(9)
• batadv_bla_status_update(9)
• batadv_bla_periodic_work(9)
• batadv_bla_init(9)
• batadv_bla_check_duplist(9)
• batadv_bla_check_ucast_duplist(9)
• batadv_bla_check_bcast_duplist(9)
• batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw_orig(9)
• batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_loopdetect_check(9)
• batadv_bla_rx(9)
• batadv_bla_tx(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_dump(9)
• batadv_bla_backbone_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_bla_backbone_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_bla_backbone_dump(9)
• batadv_bla_check_claim(9)

that's the whole squad, all 40+ of them, we did not skip a single one because we are thorough and also obsessed 😌💅

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mwah, that's the page 🫶 came to you from the kernel source at ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, living in the Kernel API Manual as batadv_bla_free(9). go free those bla structures bestie, you got this 💖✨🎀