batadv_forw...t_was_stolen(9)

💖 batadv_forw_packet_was_stolen(9) — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual and this page is about batadv_forw_packet_was_stolen. yes the header truncates it to batadv_forw...t_was_stolen(9) because apparently even man pages have a character limit 💀 but the real name is right there and it's giving "did somebody take my stuff" energy 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_forw_packet_was_stolen — check whether someone stole this packet 👀

like literally. that's the whole job. it checks if somebody stole the packet.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool batadv_forw_packet_was_stolen (struct batadv_forw_packet
*forw_packet );

it returns a bool, it takes a struct batadv_forw_packet * named forw_packet, and yes the line break in the middle is exactly how it's written, don't come for me 🫶

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• forw_packet — the forwarding packet to check ✨ this is the lil guy we're interrogating. we're asking about it, not to it.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so what does it actually do? it checks whether the given forwarding packet was claimed by someone else for free. that's it. that's the vibe check. 🔥

"for free" is doing a lot of work in that sentence and honestly? iconic. no cap, someone just yoinked it and this function is the receipts.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• true — someone stole it 🙈 (congrats, it's gone, it's not yours anymore)
• false — nobody stole it 💜 (it's still yours, slay)

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

bestie there is SO much lore here, the whole ./net/batman-adv/send.c kernel file is basically the group chat and these are all the members 🌈

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/send.c
• 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_steal(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_list_steal(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_list_free(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_queue(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_bcast_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)

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💀 real talk: batadv_forw_packet_steal(9) and batadv_forw_packet_list_steal(9) are literally right there in the list, so if you're wondering who stole it… iykyk 🧚

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and that's the page!! this whole thing lives in ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026, so yeah, future vibes only ⭐ thanks for reading bestie, mwah 🍓💖