batadv_last_bonding_get(9)

💅 NAME

batadv_last_bonding_get — okay so this one grabs the last_bonding_candidate of an orig_node, bestie. That's the whole vibe. ✨

Oh and hiii, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for batadv_last_bonding_get(9) — you're gonna do great, I promise 🫶

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🎀 SYNOPSIS

struct batadv_orig_ifinfo * batadv_last_bonding_get (struct
batadv_orig_node *orig_node );

Like, yes, she's a function that returns a struct batadv_orig_ifinfo * and takes one struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node. Iconic signature, no notes. 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS

• orig_node — the originator node whose last_bonding_candidate you wanna retrieve. She's literally the main character here, give her what she needs 💖

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⭐ RETURN

You get back the last bonding candidate of the router — or NULL if it's not found. That's it, that's the whole return value, NULL means "nope, not here, not today" 😭🙈

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🦋 DESCRIPTION

The object comes back with its refcounter increased by 1. Lowkey important, highkey a whole thing — you're holding a ref now, so act like it, bestie 💅🔥

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🧚 SEE ALSO

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/routing.c and all her friends in the group chat (fr fr, the whole squad):

• _batadv_update_route(9)
• batadv_update_route(9)
• batadv_window_protected(9)
• batadv_check_management_packet(9)
• batadv_skb_decrement_ttl(9)
• batadv_recv_my_icmp_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_icmp_ttl_exceeded(9)
• batadv_recv_icmp_packet(9)
• batadv_check_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_last_bonding_replace(9)
• batadv_find_router(9)
• batadv_route_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_reroute_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_check_unicast_ttvn(9)
• batadv_recv_unhandled_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv(9)
• batadv_recv_frag_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_mcast_packet(9)

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Not me ending the page with the serious bits, but for real: batadv_last_bonding_get shows up under the source tree ./net/batman-adv in the October 2026 edition of the Kernel API Manual. Slay, go read the other pages, mwah 💋🌈

that's the whole manpage, you ate that, periodt 🎀✨