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📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 batadv_bla_update_orig_address — NAME 💖

okay bestie so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and the function we're stanning today is batadv_bla_update_orig_address, which updates the backbone gateways when the own originator address changes ✨

that's it, that's the whole vibe. your own orig address shifted, so the backbone gateways need to hear about it. very main character of them.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_bla_update_orig_address (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv ,
struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if , struct batadv_hard_iface *oldif
);

it returns void btw. gives nothing back, takes everything. iconique. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

three of them, all slay, all necessary:

  • bat_priv — the bat_priv with all the mesh interface info packed in it. it's the big bag of mesh-interface goodies 🎀
  • primary_if — the new primary interface that just got selected. the fresh one. the upgrade. 👑
  • oldif — the old primary interface. and listen, it may be NULL, so don't come for it, it's valid 🫶

⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file lives at ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c — that's where all the magic happens, no cap 🧚

and here's the full friend group, everyone linked, nobody left out (iykyk):

lowkey a whole reunion episode in here. 49 cross-references and every single one of them showed up. periodt. 🔥

and that's the tea, bestie 💜 this came out of ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026, so yes, it's from the future, we don't ask questions. go touch some struct batadv_priv and stay gorgeous 🌈🎀💅

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