batadv_mcast_forw_send_orig(9)

💅 batadv_mcast_forw_send_orig(9) — the Kernel API Manual bestie

okay so first things first, the manual name is Kernel API Manual and this function is batadv_mcast_forw_send_orig(9) — say that five times fast, i literally can't 😭 it's the little multicast-packet delivery icon and it's giving "one job, done right" energy.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_mcast_forw_send_orig — send a multicast packet to an originator 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_mcast_forw_send_orig (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
       sk_buff *skb , unsigned short vid , struct batadv_orig_node *orig_node
       );

like, four args, one int out. that's the whole vibe. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information. yes ALL of it. she's the main character of the mesh info world 👑
• skb — the multicast packet to send. this is the actual lil packet, treat her gently 💖
• vid — the vlan identifier. unsigned short, very demure, very mindful 🌈
• orig_node — the originator to send the packet to. your target, your fave, your destination bestie ✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

NET_XMIT_DROP in case of error, or NET_XMIT_SUCCESS otherwise. no in-between, no "it's complicated", just those two. periodt. 💅

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/multicast.c — and like, the entire friend group honestly, they all live in the same file and they all want a shoutout:

• batadv_mcast_start_timer(9)
• batadv_mcast_get_bridge(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_rtr_flags_meshif_get_ipv4(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_rtr_flags_meshif_get_ipv6(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_rtr_flags_meshif_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_rtr_flags_bridge_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_rtr_flags_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_forw_flags_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_flags_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_is_duplicate(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_meshif_get_ipv4(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_meshif_get_ipv6(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_meshif_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_br_addr_cpy(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_bridge_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_list_free(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_tt_retract(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_tt_add(9)
• batadv_mcast_querier_log(9)
• batadv_mcast_bridge_log(9)
• batadv_mcast_flags_log(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_flags_update(9)
• __batadv_mcast_mla_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_mla_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_is_report_ipv4(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv4(9)
• batadv_mcast_is_report_ipv6(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check_ipv6(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_mode_check(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ip_count(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_rtr_count(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_mode_by_count(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_mode(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_tt(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv4(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_ipv6(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_all(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_rtr4(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_all_rtr6(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_want_rtr(9)
• batadv_mcast_forw_send(9)
• batadv_mcast_want_unsnoop_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_want_ipv4_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_want_ipv6_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_want_rtr4_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_want_rtr6_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_have_mc_ptype_update(9)
• batadv_mcast_tvlv_flags_get(9)
• batadv_mcast_tvlv_ogm_handler(9)
• batadv_mcast_init(9)
• batadv_mcast_mesh_info_put(9)
• batadv_mcast_flags_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_mcast_flags_dump_bucket(9)
• __batadv_mcast_flags_dump(9)
• batadv_mcast_netlink_get_primary(9)
• batadv_mcast_flags_dump(9)
• batadv_mcast_free(9)
• batadv_mcast_purge_orig(9)

ngl that's a whole group chat in one SEE ALSO section and i'm obsessed 💀 every single one of them got included, no cap, nobody left on read. 🙈

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and that's the page!! mwah 💋

this lil transmission came to you from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's signed batadv_mcast_forw_send_orig(9) — stay slay, stay multicast, and may your return value always be NET_XMIT_SUCCESS 🌟🎀💜