batadv_bla_periodic_work(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_bla_periodic_work(9) — Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to batadv_bla_periodic_work(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual 🎀 this is the lil scheduled chore-runner for BLA (bridge loop avoidance) — it just wakes up on a timer and does its two jobs. that's it. that's the whole vibe. no cap. 💖

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_bla_periodic_work (struct work_struct *work );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • work — a kernel work struct 🫶 that's literally the whole description, bestie. it's the work struct the kernel hands you when this thing gets scheduled. nothing more, nothing less.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so this is the periodic work — the stuff that has to happen on a loop while BLA is doing its thing. here's the to-do list, and honestly it's giving very "two chores and then I'm free" 💀:

  • purge structures when they are too old 🧹✨ — anything that's aged out gets yeeted. bye bestie 👋
  • send announcements 📣 — go out there and announce. networking is just gossiping with extra steps, iykyk.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the source lives here, in the kernel file:

./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c

and because the whole BLA squad is a package deal, here's literally everyone else in the group chat 💜:

ngl bestie, that's 49 functions. the BLA codebase is thriving and honestly we love that for it 🌈

and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this one shipped from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — so go forth, purge your old structures, send your announcements, and slay ✨💅🦋

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