batadv_iv_og...ump_subentry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump_subentry — the batadv_iv_og...ump_subentry(9) page, kernel API manual edition 🦋

okay so bestie, this is a kernel API manual page, and the function we're stanning today lives in the batman-adv kernel tree. Buckle up, it's giving netlink dump energy ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump_subentry — literally dumps an originator subentry into a message. that's the whole vibe 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int batadv_iv_ogm_orig_dump_subentry (struct sk_buff *msg , u32 portid ,
u32 seq , struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct batadv_hard_iface
*if_outgoing , struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node , struct
batadv_neigh_node *neigh_node , bool best );

she returns an int, she takes eight arguments, main character energy fr fr 👑

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

  • msg — the netlink message she's dumping into 💌
  • portid — the port that's making the netlink request
  • seq — the sequence number of the netlink message 🔢
  • bat_priv — the bat priv holding all the mesh interface information (her whole little world)
  • if_outgoing — limits the dump to entries with this outgoing interface, so, like, a filter 🎯
  • orig_node — the originator to dump
  • neigh_node — a single hops neighbour 👋
  • best — is she the best originator? 💯 (it's a bool, so yes/no bestie)

🎀 RETURN 🎀

an error code, or 0 on success. zero = slay, anything else = go check the vibe 🧚

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file is ./net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c, and here's the whole friend group — every single one, no cap:

lowkey obsessed with how the manpage name got truncated to batadv_iv_og...ump_subentry(9) — she ran out of room and honestly? relatable 😭

🌈 and that's the page!! sourced from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, filed under batadv_iv_og...ump_subentry(9) — tysm for reading, ily, go read your kernel source 💖🦋💅

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