batadv_dat_entry_put(9)

💅 batadv_dat_entry_put(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for batadv_dat_entry_put(9) 🌸 — yes that's the manual name, we're doing this properly. Grab a strawberry drink 🍓 and let's talk about dropping a reference counter, because somebody has to.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_dat_entry_put — decrement the dat_entry refcounter and possibly release it 🎀

like, it might free the thing, it might not, it's giving "it depends on the refcount" main character energy 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_dat_entry_put (struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a pointer 💖

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🌈 ARGUMENTS 🌈

• dat_entry — the dat_entry to be free'd 👑 that's the whole assignment bestie, hand over the thing and let the function do its thing

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay this list is long long, but every single one is iconic in its own way, no cap. First up, the actual home turf:

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

and then the whole friend group 🫶:

• 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_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_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)

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and that's the whole page, bestie 💜 this cutie came out of ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 — so yes, it's from the future, we stan a forward-thinking manual 🧚✨ see u in the next man page, mwah 💋