batadv_frag_clear_chain(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_frag_clear_chain(9) 💅

okay bestie so this is the batadv_frag_clear_chain page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that Kernel API Manual, the one we all live in 🫶 today's topic: wiping out a whole chain of fragments in one go. it's giving cleanup crew energy, fr fr ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_frag_clear_chain — delete entries in the fragment buffer chain 🗑️💖

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

void batadv_frag_clear_chain (struct hlist_head *head , bool dropped );

look at her. simple, iconic, no cap 👑

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • head — the head of the chain, like the girl at the front of the line who somehow knows everybody 💅 it's the one holding the entries.
  • dropped — a bool that says why we're clearing this chain: is it because all the fragments are getting dropped? 🙈 that's the whole vibe check of this argument.

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically: this frees the fragments living in the hlist you passed in 🧚‍♀️✨

🚨 LOCK WARNING, FR FR — you have to call this with the appropriate lock. it's not optional, it's not a suggestion, it's the rule 😭 don't be the one who skips the lock and makes the kernel sad 💀

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c — the mothership 🌈 and obviously her whole friend group:

all of them. every single one. main character energy across the board, periodt 💅🔥

mwah 💜 this page comes to you from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — she's from the future and she's still clearing chains. slay. 🎀✨

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