batadv_getlink_net(9)

💖 batadv_getlink_net — a Kernel API Manual moment 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to batadv_getlink_net(9) — the little kernel helper that hands you a link's net namespace, and has a fallback plan if things get awkward 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_getlink_net — return link net namespace (of use fallback)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct net * batadv_getlink_net (const struct net_device *netdev ,
struct net *fallback_net );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• netdev — the net_device you want checked, bestie. like, that's the one we're interrogating 💅
• fallback_net — the net namespace we hand back if get_link_net isn't available for netdev. your safety net, your ride home, your emotional support struct net * 🧚

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👑 RETURN 👑

the result of rtnl_link_ops->get_link_net, or fallback_net if that isn't there. periodt. ✨

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

literally the whole squad, no cap — all of these live in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c:

• batadv_hardif_release(9)
• batadv_hardif_get_by_netdev(9)
• batadv_mutual_parents(9)
• batadv_is_on_batman_iface(9)
• batadv_is_valid_iface(9)
• __batadv_get_real_netdev(9)
• batadv_get_real_netdev(9)
• batadv_is_wext_netdev(9)
• batadv_is_cfg80211_netdev(9)
• batadv_wifi_flags_evaluate(9)
• batadv_netdev_get_wifi_flags(9)
• batadv_hardif_get_wifi_flags(9)
• batadv_is_wifi_hardif(9)
• batadv_hardif_no_broadcast(9)
• batadv_hardif_get_active(9)
• batadv_primary_if_update_addr(9)
• batadv_primary_if_select(9)
• batadv_hardif_is_iface_up(9)
• batadv_check_known_mac_addr(9)
• batadv_hardif_recalc_extra_skbroom(9)
• batadv_hardif_min_mtu(9)
• batadv_update_min_mtu(9)
• batadv_hardif_activate_interface(9)
• batadv_hardif_deactivate_interface(9)
• batadv_hardif_enable_interface(9)
• batadv_hardif_disable_interface(9)
• batadv_hard_if_event_meshif(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_device_insert(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_device_remove(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_device_update(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_device_unregister(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_device_event(9)
• batadv_hard_if_event(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_devices_init(9)
• batadv_wifi_net_devices_deinit(9)

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reminder bestie: if get_link_net isn't available for your netdev, you're not getting nothing — you're getting fallback_net. slay 💜

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and that's the whole page, mwah 💋 — this iconic little entry ships from the ./net/batman-adv source tree, dated October 2026, and answers to the name batadv_getlink_net(9). go read your kernel headers, ily, bye 🎀✨