batadv_mcas...h_dests_list(9)

💅 batadv_mcast_forw_push_dests_list — like, the whole manual, bestie

okay so this is batadv_mcast_forw_push_dests_list(9) from the Kernel API Manual and honestly? it's giving "niche mesh-networking icon" and I'm obsessed. sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, and let's get into it.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_mcast_forw_push_dests_list — push originators from a list onto an skb 💌

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

int batadv_mcast_forw_push_dests_list (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv ,
struct sk_buff *skb , unsigned short vid , struct hlist_head *head ,
size_t entry_offset , unsigned short *num_dests , unsigned short
*tvlv_len );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bat_priv — the bat priv that's holding, like, all the mesh interface info 👑
• skb — the skb we're pushing the destination addresses onto, main character energy ✨
• vid — the vlan identifier, no cap 🏷️
• head — the list we're gathering originators from, it's literally the source of truth 💅
• entry_offset — offset of an hlist node inside an orig_node structure, iykyk 🧚
• num_dests — a pointer where we store the number of pushed addresses 📊
• tvlv_len — stores how many TVLV bytes are currently pushed, keeping count bestie 🔢

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🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

So what does it actually do? It pushes the MAC addresses of all the originators in the given list onto the given skb. that's it, that's the vibe. absolute slay of a function tbh 🫶

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

true on success, false otherwise. simple as that, periodt 💀

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

the kernel file it lives in (iconic address, honestly):

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/multicast_forw.c

and the whole friend group, fr fr — every single one, not skipping a single bestie:

batadv_mcast_forw_skb_push(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_padding(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_est_padding(9), batadv_mcast_forw_orig_entry(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_dest(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_tt(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_want_all(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_want_rtr(9), batadv_mcast_forw_scrape(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_scrape_padding(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_insert_padding(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_adjust_padding(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_dests(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_tracker(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_tvlvs(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push_hdr(9), batadv_mcast_forw_scrub_dests(9), batadv_mcast_forw_shrink_fill(9), batadv_mcast_forw_shrink_pack_dests(9), batadv_mcast_forw_shrink_align_offset(9), batadv_mcast_forw_shrink_update_headers(9), batadv_mcast_forw_shrink_move_headers(9), batadv_mcast_forw_shrink_tracker(9), batadv_mcast_forw_packet(9), batadv_mcast_forw_tracker_tvlv_handler(9), batadv_mcast_forw_packet_hdrlen(9), batadv_mcast_forw_expand_head(9), batadv_mcast_forw_push(9), batadv_mcast_forw_mcsend(9)

ngl the SEE ALSO section is longer than the actual function and that is so valid of it 💀✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie — go forth and push those destinations 🦋

this lil manpage came from ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026, so jot that down 🎀💖