batadv_gw_get_selected_orig(9)

✨ batadv_gw_get_selected_orig(9) ✨

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's giving "how do I find out which gateway the mesh picked" energy 🎀 lowkey one of the shorter ones, so we're gonna get through it together, no cap.

💖 NAME 💖

batadv_gw_get_selected_orig — literally just: get the originator of the currently selected gateway 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct batadv_orig_node * batadv_gw_get_selected_orig (struct
       batadv_priv *bat_priv );

so you hand it a bat_priv pointer and it hands you back a struct batadv_orig_node *. cute. short. iconic. ✨

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 💅 like, this is the big bag of everything the mesh interface knows about itself, and yeah, it needs it.

👑 RETURN 👑

the orig_node of the selected gateway — and important detail bestie, it comes back with an increased refcnt (so like, you're holding a reference now, don't just wander off and forget about it 🔥), or NULL on errors 😭

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

all the siblings in the family, and yes they're all in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c iykyk:

• batadv_gw_node_release(9)
• batadv_gw_get_selected_gw_node(9)
• batadv_gw_select(9)
• batadv_gw_reselect(9)
• batadv_gw_check_client_stop(9)
• batadv_gw_election(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)

ngl the refcnt thing is the one to remember — increased reference means somebody's gotta release it later, that's the whole vibe check 💀

okay that's the page!! mwah 💋 this came out of ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and honestly? slay. periodt. 🌈⭐💜