batadv_compare_orig(9)

💅 batadv_compare_orig(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie ✨

okay so picture this: we're deep in the Linux kernel docs, specifically the Kernel API Manual, and we've got this little function called batadv_compare_orig. bestie it's literally the comparing function used in the originator hash table. that's the whole vibe. it compares. in a hash table. for originators. iconic behavior honestly 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_compare_orig — the comparing function used in the originator hash table, no cap 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like. look at her. a bool. she returns a bool. she takes two things. she's doing her best 🦋

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• node — a node in the local table, bestie. that's the one. the local one. 🏠
• data2 — the second object, aka the one we're comparing the node to. the challenger. the contender. the "who even are you" energy. 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns true if they are the same originator 💯 like yes queen, same originator, we love a match, we stan a match. anything else? not the same originator. that's the whole thing. periodt. 👑

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay this is the part where the manpage just absolutely dumps the whole friend group on you and honestly? relatable. here's everyone, and you will not be skipping a single one because every single name matters 💖

also quick note: this all lives in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c. write that down. 🎀

• batadv_orig_hash_find(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_get(9)
• batadv_vlan_id_valid(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_release(9)
• batadv_originator_init(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_release(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_release(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_release(9)
• batadv_orig_router_get(9)
• batadv_orig_to_router(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_get(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_new(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_new(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_get(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_get_or_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_get(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_create(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_get_or_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_dump(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_release(9)
• batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(9)
• batadv_orig_node_release(9)
• batadv_originator_free(9)
• batadv_orig_node_new(9)
• batadv_purge_neigh_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_neighbors(9)
• batadv_find_best_neighbor(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_node(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_ref(9)
• batadv_purge_orig(9)
• batadv_orig_dump(9)

lowkey a whole squad. highkey a whole squad. 💅

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and that's the tea, bestie — this page came from the source tree ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's filed under batadv_compare_orig(9) in the Kernel API Manual. mwah 💋 slay, go compare some originators, ily 🫶✨