batadv_hardif_neigh_release(9)

✨ batadv_hardif_neigh_release ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to the batadv_hardif_neigh_release(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — this is the originator.c corner of batman-adv and honestly it's giving cleanup-crew energy 🧹💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_hardif_neigh_release — the lil function that releases a hardif neigh node from its lists and queues it up to be freed after the RCU grace period 🎀

Like, it doesn't free it right this second, okay? It drops it from the lists and then waits politely for RCU to finish before actually letting it go. Patience is a virtue, no cap ✨

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_hardif_neigh_release (struct kref *ref );

Yep, that's it. One argument, void return, super chill 💅

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💜 ARGUMENTS 💜

• ref — a kref pointer to the neigh_node. That's the refcount handle for the neighbor node you're releasing, bestie 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

So this page lives in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c, and here's the whole friend group — every single one of these cross-refs, no skipping, periodt:

• batadv_orig_hash_find(9)
• batadv_compare_orig(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_get(9)
• batadv_vlan_id_valid(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_release(9)
• batadv_originator_init(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_release(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_release(9)
• batadv_orig_router_get(9)
• batadv_orig_to_router(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_get(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_new(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_new(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_get(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_get_or_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_get(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_create(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_get_or_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_dump(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_release(9)
• batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(9)
• batadv_orig_node_release(9)
• batadv_originator_free(9)
• batadv_orig_node_new(9)
• batadv_purge_neigh_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_neighbors(9)
• batadv_find_best_neighbor(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_node(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_ref(9)
• batadv_purge_orig(9)
• batadv_orig_dump(9)

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🎀 Sign-off 🎀

That's the whole page, bestie! This one came from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's the batadv_hardif_neigh_release(9) manual entry — short, sweet, and lowkey iconic for how much it does in one line 💖✨ Go forth and release responsibly 🦋👑