batadv_meshif_free(9)

💖 batadv_meshif_free(9) 💖

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about batadv_meshif_free — the deconstructor of batadv_mesh_interface. yes bestie, we're doing kernel teardown today, and honestly? it's giving cleanup era and i'm obsessed. 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void batadv_meshif_free (struct net_device *dev );

that's it. one function, one argument, void return. short and iconic, no cap. 💅

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the device to cleanup and remove. that's the whole vibe: you hand it the device, it does the cleanup and the removal. deconstructor duties, main character energy only. ✨

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

okay so this is the part where the page just keeps going and going, and honestly? respect. the kernel file it lives in is ./net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c, and then it shouts out basically the entire batman-adv friend group 🫶:

• batadv_skb_head_push(9)
• batadv_sum_counter(9)
• batadv_interface_stats(9)
• batadv_interface_set_mac_addr(9)
• batadv_interface_change_mtu(9)
• batadv_interface_set_rx_mode(9)
• batadv_interface_tx(9)
• batadv_interface_rx(9)
• batadv_meshif_vlan_release(9)
• batadv_meshif_vlan_get(9)
• batadv_meshif_create_vlan(9)
• batadv_meshif_destroy_vlan(9)
• batadv_interface_add_vid(9)
• batadv_interface_kill_vid(9)
• batadv_set_lockdep_class_one(9)
• batadv_set_lockdep_class(9)
• batadv_meshif_init_late(9)
• batadv_meshif_slave_add(9)
• batadv_meshif_slave_del(9)
• batadv_get_drvinfo(9)
• batadv_get_strings(9)
• batadv_get_ethtool_stats(9)
• batadv_get_sset_count(9)
• batadv_meshif_init_early(9)
• batadv_meshif_validate(9)
• batadv_meshif_newlink(9)
• batadv_meshif_destroy_netlink(9)
• batadv_meshif_is_valid(9)

like, twenty-eight besties minimum. the way that list just goes. 💀

ngl the whole page is tiny — one function, one arg, one giant SEE ALSO. but that's the point: everything here is exactly what the original says, no filler, fr fr.

and that's a wrap, bestie! this page came from the source tree at ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's filed under the manual name batadv_meshif_free(9) — go forth and free your mesh interfaces responsibly 💜🧚⭐