batadv_dat_start_timer(9)

💅 batadv_dat_start_timer(9) 💅

okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie, and it's literally all about one tiny little function that gets the DAT party started. no cap, it's short but she's important ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_dat_start_timer — this is the girl who initialises the DAT periodic worker, and honestly? she's doing the most with very little 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_dat_start_timer (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. one function, one argument, no return value because she's a void icon and she doesn't owe you a result 💅

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🍓 ARGUMENTS 🍓

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information, iykyk 💖 this is basically the main character struct holding every last detail about your mesh interface, and she's the one we pass in. periodt.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this list is long, like genuinely a whole group chat of related functions and types, but every single one of them ate fr fr 👑

• 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_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_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)

like, she has friends. so many friends. go read about them too, bestie, they're all in there for a reason 🫶

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lowkey though, if you came here looking for a dramatic plot twist — there isn't one. it initialises the DAT periodic worker. that's the arc. and honestly? iconic behaviour. 🌈

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mwah 💋 this page lives under ./net/batman-adv, and the manual dates her to October 2026 — so yeah, she's from the future and she's still serving batadv_dat_start_timer(9) realness. bye bestie, go call your timer! 🧚‍♀️✨