batadv_find_router(9)

💖 batadv_find_router(9) 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this page is batadv_find_router(9) — it's giving short, iconic, and very "find the right router bestie" energy. no cap, let's get into it 💅✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_find_router — find a suitable router for this originator

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

       struct batadv_neigh_node * batadv_find_router (struct batadv_priv
       *bat_priv , struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node , struct
       batadv_hard_iface *recv_if );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information
• orig_node — the destination node
• recv_if — pointer to interface this packet was received on

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💫 RETURN 💫

It returns the router which should be used for this orig_node on this interface, or NULL if not available.

That's the whole vibe: router or NULL, no in-between, periodt 💀✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

The kernel file ./net/batman-adv/routing.c is the scene, and these are the co-stars, fr fr:

• _batadv_update_route(9)
• batadv_update_route(9)
• batadv_window_protected(9)
• batadv_check_management_packet(9)
• batadv_skb_decrement_ttl(9)
• batadv_recv_my_icmp_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_icmp_ttl_exceeded(9)
• batadv_recv_icmp_packet(9)
• batadv_check_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_last_bonding_get(9)
• batadv_last_bonding_replace(9)
• batadv_route_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_reroute_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_check_unicast_ttvn(9)
• batadv_recv_unhandled_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv(9)
• batadv_recv_frag_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_mcast_packet(9)

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footer vibes, bestie: source/version ./net/batman-adv, date October 2026, page batadv_find_router(9) — k bye, slay 💅🫶✨