batadv_gw_election(9)

💅 batadv_gw_election(9) 💅

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual (section 9, bestie, the kernel-functions one) and it's all about one little function that does a very main-character job. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_gw_election — Elect the best gateway 👑

like, it literally holds an election. democracy but for mesh gateways. slay.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_gw_election (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

no return value, no drama — it's a void function, it just goes in there and does the thing. 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information. it's giving "wallet but full of mesh interface lore" — everything this function needs to know about the mesh lives in here. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

first up, the kernel file where all this lives: ./net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c — that's the home base, the main character address, iykyk 📍

and then the whole friend group, in the order the page lists them fr fr:

• batadv_gw_node_release(9)
• batadv_gw_get_selected_gw_node(9)
• batadv_gw_get_selected_orig(9)
• batadv_gw_select(9)
• batadv_gw_reselect(9)
• batadv_gw_check_client_stop(9)
• batadv_gw_check_election(9)
• batadv_gw_node_add(9)
• batadv_gw_node_get(9)
• batadv_gw_node_update(9)
• batadv_gw_node_delete(9)
• batadv_gw_node_free(9)
• batadv_gw_dump(9)
• batadv_gw_dhcp_recipient_get(9)
• batadv_gw_out_of_range(9)

that's the whole squad — go read them too, no cap 🌈

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lowkey iconic of you to make it all the way to the bottom. the gateway got elected, the mesh is thriving, we love to see it 💖

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and finally, a cute little sign-off: this page comes from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's filed under batadv_gw_election(9) — periodt, that's the whole page bestie 🍓✨