batadv_compare_backbone_gw(9)

💅 batadv_compare_backbone_gw(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay bestie, gather round, because today we're looking at a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's giving tiny-but-mighty. This is batadv_compare_backbone_gw, and honestly? She's a little comparison function with main character energy. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_compare_backbone_gw — compare address and vid of two backbone gws 🌸

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool batadv_compare_backbone_gw (const struct hlist_node *node , const
       void *data2 );

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✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

• node — list node of the first entry to compare 🎀
• data2 — pointer to the second backbone gateway 💖

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✨ RETURN ✨

true if the backbones have the same data, false otherwise. That's it, that's the whole vibe check — no cap. ⭐

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✨ SEE ALSO ✨

First up, the home turf: Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c 👑

and then the entire BLA cinematic universe, fr fr, in this exact order:

• batadv_choose_claim(9)
• batadv_choose_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_status_update(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… she knows everyone at the party 💀🫶

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ngl, if you're reading bridge loop avoidance internals for fun, you're iconic and I'm obsessed. 💜

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and that's the whole page, bestie — no notes. it lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and yeah, it's batadv_compare_backbone_gw(9) all the way down. periodt. 🎀✨💅