batadv_dat_cache_dump(9)

💅 batadv_dat_cache_dump(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so you're looking at batadv_dat_cache_dump, a kernel API page straight out of the kernel API manual, and honestly? it's giving "small function, big job." no cap.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_dat_cache_dump — dump DAT cache table to a netlink socket 🫶

like, it literally takes the DAT cache table and dumps it out to a netlink socket. that's the whole vibe. 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_dat_cache_dump (struct sk_buff *msg , struct netlink_callback *cb );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• msg — buffer for the message 💌 (yes, that kind of buffer, the sk_buff kind)
• cb — callback structure containing arguments 🎯

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👑 RETURN 👑

message length. that's it, that's the return value. slay. ✨

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie, buckle up, this list is long and every single one of them is invited to the party 🎉. also screaming at the fact that the first entry is a 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_arp_get_type(9)
• batadv_dat_get_vid(9)
• batadv_dat_arp_create_reply(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)

periodt. that's the whole friend group. 💜

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okay and before you close the tab — this icon lives in ./net/batman-adv, and the page is dated October 2026. say thank you to the kernel docs besties, mwah 😭💖