batadv_iv_gw_dump_entry(9)

💅 batadv_iv_gw_dump_entry(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🎀

okay so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's literally about one little function, batadv_iv_gw_dump_entry, which dumps a gateway into a message. that's the whole vibe. it's in ./net/batman-adv if you're wondering where to find it 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_iv_gw_dump_entry — Dump a gateway into a message 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int batadv_iv_gw_dump_entry (struct sk_buff *msg , u32 portid , struct
netlink_callback *cb , struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_gw_node *gw_node );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

(she has five of them, and yes every single one matters, no cap 👑)

• msg — the Netlink message you're dumping into 💌
• portid — the port that's making the netlink request, iykyk
• cb — the control block, which is where the additional options hang out
• bat_priv — the bat priv, aka the one holding all the mesh interface information 🕸️
• gw_node — the gateway that's getting dumped. that's her. that's the main character ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

an error code, or 0 on success — so like, 0 means slay, anything else means something went sideways 😭

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

the whole friend group, fr fr — all of these live in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c:

• enum batadv_dup_status(9)
• batadv_ring_buffer_set(9)
• batadv_ring_buffer_avg(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_orig_get(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_new(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_iface_enable(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_iface_disable(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_iface_update_mac(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_primary_iface_set(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_emit_send_time(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time(9)
• batadv_hop_penalty(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_aggr_packet(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_send_to_if(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_emit(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_can_aggregate(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_aggregate_new(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_aggregate(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_queue_add(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_forward(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_slide_own_bcast_window(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_schedule_buff(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_schedule(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_reschedule(9)
• batadv_iv_orig_ifinfo_sum(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_ifinfo_sum(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_orig_update(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_calc_tq(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_update_seqnos(9)
• batadv_orig_to_direct_router(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_process_per_outif(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_process_reply(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_process(9)
• batadv_iv_send_outstanding_bat_ogm_packet(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_receive(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_get_tq_avg(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump_subentry(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_diff(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_dump_neigh(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_dump_hardif(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_dump(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_cmp(9)
• batadv_iv_ogm_neigh_is_sob(9)
• batadv_iv_iface_enabled(9)
• batadv_iv_init_sel_class(9)
• batadv_iv_gw_get_best_gw_node(9)
• batadv_iv_gw_is_eligible(9)
• batadv_iv_gw_dump(9)
• batadv_iv_init(9)
• batadv_iv_deinit(9)

like, that's a lot of siblings but they're all iconic in their own way 💀💖

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ngl that's literally the whole page — no hidden options, no sneaky defaults, no environment variables. what you see is what you get, periodt ✨

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and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this page came from ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 — go forth and dump those gateways, you're gonna eat 💅🌈⭐