batadv_bla_status_update(9)

💅 batadv_bla_status_update(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ — yes, that Kernel API Manual, the one that lives in your kernel source tree and judges you silently. today's main character is batadv_bla_status_update, and she's here to do a little housekeeping 🧹💖

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🎀 NAME 🎀

batadv_bla_status_update — purge bla interfaces if necessary 💅

like, if necessary. she's not gonna purge things for no reason. she has ✨discretion✨.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_bla_status_update (struct net_device *net_dev );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a struct net_device * 🦋 (and yes, that space before the closing paren is canon, don't come for her)

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⭐ ARGUMENTS ⭐

• net_dev — the mesh interface net device 🫶 like, the actual net device of the mesh interface. that's the whole argument. she's low-maintenance, we love that for her.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

this is the part where she tags her whole group chat 😭💀 every single one of these icons shows up:

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c 🔥 (the source file, the origin story, the blueprint)
• 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_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_free(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)

like, that's the whole bridge-loop-avoidance extended universe fr fr 🌈🦋 go read them, they're all iconic in their own way 💜

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ngl the whole point of this one is: purge bla interfaces if necessary. that's the name, that's the function, that's the energy. if it's not necessary, she simply doesn't ✨

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kay that's the page, bestie!! 🎀 this came straight out of ./net/batman-adv and it's stamped October 2026 in the footer, so go forth and purge responsibly 💖💅🫶