batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time(9) 💅✨ no cap, we're about to make this lil' function make sense.

💖 NAME 💖

batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time — calculate the jiffies when a forwarded OGM should be sent next 🦋

It's literally the "when should this forwarded OGM go out next?" calculator, and the way that it just returns a jiffies value is highkey iconic.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unsigned long batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time (void );

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • void — no arguments. Not a single one, bestie 💀 the argument list is empty and unbothered.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

Returns the jiffies value at which a forwarded OGM should be transmitted 🔥 that's the timing answer this function hands back, and the synopsis says the return type is unsigned long.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

The kernel file is ./net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c — and here's the full see-also squad, no skips, no cap 👑

kisses and sparkles, this page lives under ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and yes it's the batadv_iv_ogm_fwd_send_time(9) manual page — periodt 💅🎀

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