batadv_dat_free(9)

🦋 batadv_dat_free(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, gather round, because we're looking at a page from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's a little one but it's doing its job and we respect it 💅

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💖 NAME

batadv_dat_free — frees the DAT internals 🧹✨

like, that's the whole thing. it frees the DAT internals. no notes, she's efficient.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS

void batadv_dat_free (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

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

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🎀 ARGUMENTS

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 🕸️💫

that's it, that's the whole guest list. one (1) argument and she's carrying all the mesh interface info with her. main character energy fr fr 👑

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⭐ SEE ALSO

so like… this function has friends. a whole group chat of them. iykyk 💀 let me introduce you properly 🌈

• 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_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)

fifty-one (51) whole references. she's not lonely, she's connected 🦋💜

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so yeah, that's the page 🎀 tiny, iconic, does exactly what it says on the tin — frees the DAT internals and dips. no cap.

source/version tag: ./net/batman-adv · dated October 2026 · mwah, kisses, bye bestie 💋🫶✨