batadv_mcast_forw_mcsend(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the batadv_mcast_forw_mcsend(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 💖✨ she’s short, she’s useful, and she’s literally about sending a multicast packet you already prepped. no cap.

🎀 NAME 🎀

batadv_mcast_forw_mcsend — send a self prepared batman-adv multicast packet 💌

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int batadv_mcast_forw_mcsend (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
       sk_buff *skb );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information. like, it’s carrying the whole mesh-interface situation for you 🫶
  • skb — the multicast packet to encapsulate and send. yes bestie, this is the actual packet — get her sent ✨

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Transmits a batman-adv multicast packet that was locally prepared and consumes/frees it.

So: you hand over the prepped packet, it goes out, and the function eats/frees it — no leftovers, periodt 💅

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • NET_XMIT_DROP — on memory allocation failure. sad but real 😭
  • NET_XMIT_SUCCESS — otherwise. slay ✅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file to go peek at: ./net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c 👀

mwah 💋 this page came from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and signs off as batadv_mcast_forw_mcsend(9) — periodt 💖

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