batadv_dat_init_own_addr(9)

💖 batadv_dat_init_own_addr — assign a DAT address to the node itself 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for batadv_dat_init_own_addr(9) — yes that's the whole vibe, a kernel function manual page, and honestly? it's giving "small but crucial" and we're obsessed 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_dat_init_own_addr — assign a DAT address to the node itself 🫶

like literally, this is the function that hands the node its very own DAT address. main character energy fr fr 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_dat_init_own_addr (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_hard_iface *primary_if );

no cap, that's the whole signature — it returns void, so nothing comes back out, it just does the thing 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information ✨ like, this is the big bag of everything the mesh needs to know about itself.
• primary_if — a pointer to the primary interface 💖 the interface in question, pointed at directly.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.h 📁
• batadv_dat_init_orig_node_addr(9) 🧚
• batadv_dat_inc_counter(9) ⭐

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bestie reminder: this is kernel API territory, so keep those types exact — struct batadv_priv * and struct batadv_hard_iface * are literally not interchangeable with anything else 💀

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and that's the tea 🍓 this little page comes from ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, future-dated kernel lore, iconic, periodt 💜🎀