batadv_frag_send_packet(9)

💅 batadv_frag_send_packet(9)

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual ✨ this is the page for batadv_frag_send_packet(9), and it's literally about creating up to 16 fragments from the skb you pass in. no cap, that's the name vibe. 🦋

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🎀 NAME 🎀

batadv_frag_send_packet — create up to 16 fragments from the passed skb 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole signature, copy it exactly bestie:

int batadv_frag_send_packet (struct sk_buff *skb , struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node , struct batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• skb — the skb to create fragments from. periodt. 📦
• orig_node — final destination of the created fragments. like, where they're ultimately headed, iykyk 🎯
• neigh_node — next-hop of the created fragments. the immediate route bestie 👑

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💖 RETURN 💖

it returns the netdev tx status or a negative errno code on a failure — so yeah, negative means something went sideways, bestie 😭

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay so the Kernel file is ./net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c, and these are the function besties you should also check out:

• batadv_frag_clear_chain(9)
• batadv_frag_purge_orig(9)
• batadv_frag_size_limit(9)
• batadv_frag_init_chain(9)
• batadv_frag_insert_packet(9)
• batadv_frag_merge_packets(9)
• batadv_skb_is_frag(9)
• batadv_frag_skb_buffer(9)
• batadv_frag_skb_fwd(9)
• batadv_frag_create(9)

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source/version: ./net/batman-adv · date: October 2026 · page vibes: batadv_frag_send_packet(9) — mwah, bye bestie 💋🎀