batadv_bla_..._backbone_gw(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw(9) — kernel API manual, section 9, bestie

okay so real talk, the filename got truncated to batadv_bla_..._backbone_gw(9) but the actual function we're simping over is batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw 💖 welcome to the kernel API manual, section 9, bridge loop avoidance girlie edition.

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw — updates the own backbone gw for a VLAN 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv ,
struct batadv_hard_iface *primary_if , unsigned short vid );

like literally that's the whole signature. void in, void out, no return value, no drama 🔥

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information. yes bestie, this is the main character struct holding everything you need to know about the mesh 🙈
  • primary_if — the selected primary interface. the chosen one. the primary. iykyk 👑
  • vid — VLAN identifier. which VLAN we're talking about, fr fr 🍓

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so what does it actually do? it updates or adds the own backbone gw, and the whole point is to make sure we announce where we receive other backbone gws ✨ that's it, that's the vibe. announcing. location. periodt 💅

no cap, it's giving "keep the mesh honest about where the other backbone gateways are coming from" 🔥

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file: ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c — yeah, that's the whole file, go read it if you're feeling brave 🫶

and now the extended friend group, all of them, no one left out:

and that's the whole page, bestie ✨ mwah 💋

sign-off time 🎀 this one came from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — catch you in the next manpage, love u, bye 💜

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