batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(9)

🎀 NAME 🎀

batadv_dat_arp_create_reply — create an ARP Reply.

okay bestie, welcome to this Kernel API Manual page for batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(9) ✨ it’s literally the function that creates an ARP Reply, and we’re gonna get into it. No cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct sk_buff * batadv_dat_arp_create_reply (struct batadv_priv
       *bat_priv , __be32 ip_src , __be32 ip_dst , u8 *hw_src , u8 *hw_dst ,
       unsigned short vid );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 🫶
• ip_src — ARP sender IP
• ip_dst — ARP target IP
• hw_src — Ethernet source and ARP sender MAC
• hw_dst — Ethernet destination and ARP target MAC
• vid — VLAN identifier (optional, set to zero otherwise)

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

It creates an ARP Reply from the given values, optionally encapsulated in a VLAN header — that’s the whole vibe, bestie 🦋.

👑 RETURN 👑

An skb containing an ARP Reply. That’s the tea, no cap 💅.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c:

• enum batadv_bootpop(9)
• enum batadv_boothtype(9)
• enum batadv_dhcpoptioncode(9)
• enum batadv_dhcptype(9)
• struct batadv_dhcp_packet(9)
• struct batadv_dhcp_header(9)
• struct batadv_dhcp_option_header(9)
• batadv_dat_start_timer(9)
• batadv_dat_entry_release(9)
• batadv_dat_entry_put(9)
• batadv_dat_to_purge(9)
• __batadv_dat_purge(9)
• batadv_dat_purge(9)
• batadv_compare_dat(9)
• batadv_arp_hw_src(9)
• batadv_arp_ip_src(9)
• batadv_arp_hw_dst(9)
• batadv_arp_ip_dst(9)
• batadv_hash_dat(9)
• batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(9)
• batadv_dat_entry_add(9)
• batadv_dbg_arp(9)
• batadv_is_orig_node_eligible(9)
• batadv_choose_next_candidate(9)
• batadv_dat_select_candidates(9)
• batadv_dat_forward_data(9)
• batadv_dat_tvlv_container_update(9)
• batadv_dat_status_update(9)
• batadv_dat_tvlv_ogm_handler_v1(9)
• batadv_dat_hash_free(9)
• batadv_dat_init(9)
• batadv_dat_free(9)
• batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_dat_cache_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_dat_cache_dump(9)
• batadv_arp_get_type(9)
• batadv_dat_get_vid(9)
• batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_request(9)
• batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_request(9)
• batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_arp_reply(9)
• batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_arp_reply(9)
• batadv_dat_check_dhcp_ipudp(9)
• batadv_dat_check_dhcp(9)
• batadv_dat_get_dhcp_message_type(9)
• batadv_dat_dhcp_get_yiaddr(9)
• batadv_dat_get_dhcp_chaddr(9)
• batadv_dat_put_dhcp(9)
• batadv_dat_check_dhcp_ack(9)
• batadv_dat_snoop_outgoing_dhcp_ack(9)
• batadv_dat_snoop_incoming_dhcp_ack(9)
• batadv_dat_drop_broadcast_packet(9)

mwah 💋 — footer tea: source/version ./net/batman-adv, date October 2026, manual batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(9). slay, byeee 💖