batadv_dat_t...ainer_update(9)

💅 batadv_dat_tvlv_container_update(9) 💅

okay so bestie, you found yourself in the Kernel API Manual — welcome, this one's a single little function and honestly it's giving "quiet luxury." let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_dat_tvlv_container_update — update the dat tvlv container after dat setting change 🌸

like, the container gets a glow-up whenever the dat settings change. that's the whole vibe check, no cap.

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_dat_tvlv_container_update (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

returns nothing (void), takes exactly one thing. minimalist. iconic. periodt ✨

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 💖 like, all of it. every last crumb of mesh interface info lives in there. it's the main character of this function, fr fr.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this function has a ridiculous friend group and we're listing every single one of them, bestie, nobody gets left out 🫶

the source ✨

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

the enums & structs, in order, don't @ me 💅

• 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)

the dat squad 🌈

• 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_hash_dat(9)
• batadv_dat_entry_hash_find(9)
• batadv_dat_entry_add(9)
• batadv_dat_hash_free(9)
• batadv_dat_init(9)
• batadv_dat_free(9)

the arp girlies 🔥

• batadv_arp_hw_src(9)
• batadv_arp_ip_src(9)
• batadv_arp_hw_dst(9)
• batadv_arp_ip_dst(9)
• batadv_dbg_arp(9)
• batadv_arp_get_type(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)

the candidate-selection committee ⭐

• batadv_is_orig_node_eligible(9)
• batadv_choose_next_candidate(9)
• batadv_dat_select_candidates(9)
• batadv_dat_forward_data(9)
• batadv_dat_status_update(9)
• batadv_dat_tvlv_ogm_handler_v1(9)

the cache dumpers, slaying in order 🧚

• batadv_dat_cache_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_dat_cache_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_dat_cache_dump(9)

the dhcp besties 🙈

• batadv_dat_get_vid(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)

and the final boss 💀

• batadv_dat_drop_broadcast_packet(9)

that's the whole list, bestie. every. single. one. counted, checked, and respectfully linked. iykyk 💜

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and that's the tea 🍓 this page lives in ./net/batman-adv and it's stamped October 2026 — so yeah, coming to a kernel near you, and it ate. mwah 💋✨