batadv_interface_tx(9)

💅 batadv_interface_tx — like, the mesh interface transmit era ✨

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — it's batadv_interface_tx(9), and it's literally the function that sends a frame out on a mesh interface. buckle up, it's short but it eats 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_interface_tx — transmit a frame on a mesh interface 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

netdev_tx_t batadv_interface_tx (struct sk_buff *skb , struct net_device
       *mesh_iface );

no cap, that's the whole signature — one skb, one mesh_iface, and a netdev_tx_t coming back at you 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• skb — the frame to send 👑 this is the packet, the whole vibe, the star of the show
• mesh_iface — the mesh interface the frame was queued on 🧚 the net_device it came in through

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

NETDEV_TX_OK on success — that's it, that's the whole mood 💅 (it's giving "everything went fine, no notes")

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

okay so there's a whole friend group here, iykyk 🌈 — first up, the source file itself: ./net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c, and then the entire squad:

• batadv_skb_head_push(9)
• batadv_sum_counter(9)
• batadv_interface_stats(9)
• batadv_interface_set_mac_addr(9)
• batadv_interface_change_mtu(9)
• batadv_interface_set_rx_mode(9)
• batadv_interface_rx(9)
• batadv_meshif_vlan_release(9)
• batadv_meshif_vlan_get(9)
• batadv_meshif_create_vlan(9)
• batadv_meshif_destroy_vlan(9)
• batadv_interface_add_vid(9)
• batadv_interface_kill_vid(9)
• batadv_set_lockdep_class_one(9)
• batadv_set_lockdep_class(9)
• batadv_meshif_init_late(9)
• batadv_meshif_slave_add(9)
• batadv_meshif_slave_del(9)
• batadv_get_drvinfo(9)
• batadv_get_strings(9)
• batadv_get_ethtool_stats(9)
• batadv_get_sset_count(9)
• batadv_meshif_free(9)
• batadv_meshif_init_early(9)
• batadv_meshif_validate(9)
• batadv_meshif_newlink(9)
• batadv_meshif_destroy_netlink(9)
• batadv_meshif_is_valid(9)

literally the whole batman-adv extended universe, go read them all 💀🫶

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and that's the page!! shipped from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — periodt, go touch some sk_buffs bestie 💜🎀🧚