batadv_gw_node_add(9)

🦋 batadv_gw_node_add(9) 🦋

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for batadv_gw_node_add(9) — we’re adding a gateway node to the list of available gateways and the vibes are very mesh-core. no cap. 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_gw_node_add — add gateway node to list of available gateways 🫶

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_gw_node_add (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_orig_node *orig_node , struct batadv_tvlv_gateway_data *gateway
);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information. literally all of it 💖
• orig_node — originator announcing gateway capabilities 👑
• gateway — announced bandwidth information 📶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the one thing you cannot skip: this has to be called with the appropriate locks being acquired (gw.list_lock). like, lock check first, bestie — do not skip the lock era 🔒✨

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

Kernel file: ./net/batman-adv/gateway_client.c — that’s the home base for this whole gateway-client situation 🫶

• 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_election(9)
• batadv_gw_check_election(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)

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cute sign-off: source/version ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, page title batadv_gw_node_add(9) — mwah, bye bestie! 💜🦋