batadv_meshif_init_early(9)

💅 batadv_meshif_init_early(9) — bestie's guide

okay so this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and no cap it's a tiny one, but it matters. Sit down, grab a strawberry drink 🍓, we're doing early-stage mesh interface setup.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_meshif_init_early — early stage initialization of mesh interface

like, early early. this is the first-date era of the mesh interface's life, not the whole relationship. 🌸

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

void batadv_meshif_init_early (struct net_device *dev );

that's it. that's the whole thing. void return, one arg, no drama, no error codes, nothing to check. she just does her thing 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• dev — the registered network device to modify. she's already registered, so this is not a "create the device" situation, bestie, it's a "go touch up the device that already exists" situation. lowkey important distinction, iykyk. 🎀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

okay so this page is basically all see also, and it's giving main character energy. there's a kernel file to go look at, plus a whole friend group of sibling functions. all of them, in order, because i would never leave one out:

• the kernel file: ./net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c — go read it, fr fr 🫶

and then the squad:

• 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_free(9), batadv_meshif_validate(9), batadv_meshif_newlink(9), batadv_meshif_destroy_netlink(9), batadv_meshif_is_valid(9)

heads up: batadv_meshif_init_early(9) has a little sibling, batadv_meshif_init_late(9). early girl and late girl, two different eras of the same interface's glow-up. 🔥

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and that's the whole page, bestie. short, sweet, and honestly? iconic. ✨💖

this cutie was served to you from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and the whole thing is filed under batadv_meshif_init_early(9) if you ever need to find her again. periodt. 💅🎀