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📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_choose_next_candidate — Kernel API Manual ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual 💖 this one's a tiny little function page from the batman-adv world, and honestly? she's short but she matters. let's get into it 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_choose_next_candidate — select the next DHT candidate 🎀 that's literally her whole job. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void batadv_choose_next_candidate (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_dat_candidate *cands , int select , batadv_dat_addr_t ip_key ,
batadv_dat_addr_t *last_max );

she returns void, she takes five args, she's booked and busy 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information ✨ like, this is the whole main-character struct holding everything about the mesh interface, iykyk.
  • cands — candidates array 🎯 the lineup of possible picks, bestie.
  • select — number of candidates already present in the array 🔢 literally just how many are already sitting in there.
  • ip_key — key to look up in the DHT 🔑 the thing you're searching for in the distributed hash table.
  • last_max — pointer where the address of the selected candidate will be saved 💾 it does not return the answer, it writes it here. so like, don't forget to pass it or you get nothing, periodt.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

so there's a whole friend group here, and the page says this all lives in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c 🍓 — here's literally every single one of her mutuals, no skipping:

like, that's the whole group chat 😭 and every single one of them is invited, fr fr 🎀

ngl this page is small but she's giving utility icon energy. if you're poking around the batman-adv distributed ARP table code, you're in the right place 💜

mwah 💋 this gem lives in ./net/batman-adv, and she's dated October 2026 — so like, mark your calendar bestie, that's the source and the version stamp, and yes I'm mentioning them because they're literally the footer and we don't ghost footers in this house 🌈✨ ok bye love u, go select some candidates 🦋👑

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