batadv_forw_..._bcast_queue(9)

💅 batadv_forw_..._bcast_queue(9) 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're literally in the kernel docs rn and this page is all about one tiny queen of a function 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_forw_packet_bcast_queue — try to queue a broadcast packet 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_forw_packet_bcast_queue (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv ,
struct batadv_forw_packet *forw_packet , unsigned long send_time );

like, three args, one void return, no notes 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv, aka the thing holding all the mesh interface information. she's giving main character energy, she knows everything 👑
• forw_packet — the forwarding packet we're gonna queue. this is the passenger, bestie 🚗
• send_time — timestamp in jiffies for when the packet is to be sent. yes, jiffies, that's the unit, no cap ⏰

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

This function tries to (re)queue a broadcast packet. the "re" is doing a lot of work there and we love that for her ✨

🫶 important vibe check: the caller needs to ensure that forw_packet->delayed_work was initialized. that's on you, not on the function. she's not gonna do it for you, bestie 😭

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/send.c — and literally the whole send.c friend group, they all ate:

• batadv_send_skb_packet(9)
• batadv_send_broadcast_skb(9)
• batadv_send_unicast_skb(9)
• batadv_send_skb_to_orig(9)
• batadv_send_skb_push_fill_unicast(9)
• batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast(9)
• batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast_4addr(9)
• batadv_send_skb_unicast(9)
• batadv_send_skb_via_tt_generic(9)
• batadv_send_skb_via_gw(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_free(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_alloc(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_was_stolen(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_steal(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_list_steal(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_list_free(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_queue(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_ogmv1_queue(9)
• batadv_forw_bcast_packet_to_list(9)
• batadv_forw_bcast_packet_if(9)
• batadv_send_no_broadcast(9)
• __batadv_forw_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_forw_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_send_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_bcasts_left(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_bcasts_dec(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_is_rebroadcast(9)
• batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_purge_outstanding_packets(9)

like that's the whole group chat, iykyk 💀

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and that's the page!! this lil beauty lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and she's filed under batadv_forw_..._bcast_queue(9) — go off, queen 🌈👑💜