batadv_meshif_is_valid(9)

💖 batadv_meshif_is_valid(9) 💖

okay so this page is straight from the Kernel API Manual, and it's giving very specific "is this a mesh interface or not" energy. The way that this function just checks one device and gives you a yes/no? iconic. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_meshif_is_valid - Check whether device is a batadv mesh interface. Like, is this thing a batadv mesh interface or not? That's the whole assignment, bestie. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

bool batadv_meshif_is_valid (const struct net_device *net_dev );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• net_dev — device which should be checked. That's the device getting the vibe check, fr fr.

🔥 RETURN 🔥

true when net_dev is a batman-adv interface, false otherwise. No cap, that's the whole return story. ✅

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c
• 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_init_early(9)
• batadv_meshif_validate(9)
• batadv_meshif_newlink(9)
• batadv_meshif_destroy_netlink(9)

xoxo, bestie — source/version is ./net/batman-adv, date is October 2026, and this whole cute little page is batadv_meshif_is_valid(9) 💜