batadv_handle_request(9)

💖 batadv_handle_request(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual and it's all about batadv_handle_request — the lil function that does the whole "wait, is this a REQUEST frame?" vibe check 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_handle_request — check for REQUEST frame 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool batadv_handle_request (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
       batadv_hard_iface *primary_if , u8 *backbone_addr , struct ethhdr
       *ethhdr , unsigned short vid );

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• bat_priv — the bat priv that's holding all the mesh interface information, she's got the whole lore 🫶
• primary_if — the primary hard interface of this batman mesh interface, main character energy fr
• backbone_addr — the backbone address to be requested (aka the ARP sender HW MAC) 💌
• ethhdr — the ethernet header of a packet 📦
• vid — the VLAN ID of the frame 🏷️

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

returns true if handled — slay, it's been dealt with 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c — go read her iykyk 📖

and then the whole friend group, no cap, every single one:

• batadv_choose_claim(9)
• batadv_choose_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_compare_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_compare_claim(9)
• batadv_backbone_gw_release(9)
• batadv_backbone_gw_put(9)
• batadv_claim_release(9)
• batadv_claim_put(9)
• batadv_claim_hash_find(9)
• batadv_backbone_hash_find(9)
• batadv_bla_del_backbone_claims(9)
• batadv_bla_send_claim(9)
• batadv_bla_loopdetect_report(9)
• batadv_bla_get_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_update_own_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_answer_request(9)
• batadv_bla_send_request(9)
• batadv_bla_send_announce(9)
• batadv_bla_add_claim(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_get_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_del_claim(9)
• batadv_handle_announce(9)
• batadv_handle_unclaim(9)
• batadv_handle_claim(9)
• batadv_check_claim_group(9)
• batadv_bla_process_claim(9)
• batadv_bla_purge_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_purge_claims(9)
• batadv_bla_update_orig_address(9)
• batadv_bla_send_loopdetect(9)
• batadv_bla_status_update(9)
• batadv_bla_periodic_work(9)
• batadv_bla_init(9)
• batadv_bla_check_duplist(9)
• batadv_bla_check_ucast_duplist(9)
• batadv_bla_check_bcast_duplist(9)
• batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw_orig(9)
• batadv_bla_is_backbone_gw(9)
• batadv_bla_free(9)
• batadv_bla_loopdetect_check(9)
• batadv_bla_rx(9)
• batadv_bla_tx(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_bla_claim_dump(9)
• batadv_bla_backbone_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_bla_backbone_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_bla_backbone_dump(9)
• batadv_bla_check_claim(9)

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🧚 that's literally the whole list, bestie — I did not skip a single one, periodt 💀

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and that's the tea ☕ — this page lives under ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's page batadv_handle_request(9) of the Kernel API Manual. love that for her 💜🦋✨