batadv_iv_init(9)

💖 batadv_iv_init — the Kernel API Manual glow-up 🦋

okay so bestie, welcome to the man page for batadv_iv_init(9), straight out of the Kernel API Manual ✨. This is the B.A.T.M.A.N. IV initialization function, and yes, that acronym is doing a lot of heavy lifting, but she's iconic so we let her have it 👑.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int batadv_iv_init (void );

that's it. that's the whole vibe. a function that wants nothing from you and returns an int 🎀

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• void — literally no arguments. nothing. zero. the void is giving minimalist main character energy 💅. you don't pass her anything, she asks for nothing, that's the arrangement.

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

She hands back 0 on success 🎉 or a negative error number in case of failure 😭. That's the whole contract — no cap, no secret third thing.

ngl bestie, a negative return is your cue to go "hmm" and check what went wrong. 0 means we ate and left no crumbs 🔥.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the friend group 🫶 — every single one of these is linked in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c (iykyk), plus the enum:

• 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_entry(9)
• batadv_iv_gw_dump(9)
• batadv_iv_deinit(9)

like, that's a whole roster 💀 but every single one matters, so we're not skipping anybody. periodt 💜

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and that's the page, bestie 🌸 — brought to you by the source path ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and titled batadv_iv_init(9) because she's the main character here 👑✨🦋