batadv_dat_to_purge(9)

💖 batadv_dat_to_purge(9) — Kernel API Manual 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for batadv_dat_to_purge(9) — this is the function that does a little vibe check on a dat_entry and tells you whether it has to be purged or not. 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_dat_to_purge — check whether a dat_entry has to be purged or not. ✨

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

bool batadv_dat_to_purge (struct batadv_dat_entry *dat_entry );

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dat_entry — the entry to check. That's the whole argument, and yes it's giving "one job and doing it perfectly." 🫶

⭐ RETURN ⭐

true if the entry has to be purged now, false otherwise. No cap, that's the whole return story. 💖

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

This function is lowkey linked to a whole friend group, so here's every single reference from the original page — no skipped names, periodt:

• 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_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)

xoxo, your Unix bestie 💜 — source/version tag: ./net/batman-adv; date: October 2026. periodt. 🎀