batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(9) — the Kernel API Manual page you didn't know you needed 🫶 this one lives in the batman-adv netlink corner of the kernel, and it is literally here to fill a message with mesh attributes. that's the whole vibe. let's get into it 💅

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_netlink_mesh_fill — Fill message with mesh attributes ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int batadv_netlink_mesh_fill (struct sk_buff *msg , struct batadv_priv
*bat_priv , enum batadv_nl_commands cmd , u32 portid , u32 seq , int
flags );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

okay so here's the cast of characters, and every single one of them matters, no cap 👑

  • msg — the Netlink message to dump into 💌 this is the thing getting filled, main character energy fr.
  • bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 🦋 like, all of it. the whole mesh interface tea.
  • cmd — type of message to generate ✨ which flavour of message we're making here.
  • portid — Port making netlink request 📨 the port that's out here asking.
  • seq — sequence number for message 🔢 gotta keep track, iykyk.
  • flags — Additional flags for message 🚩 extra flags, as a treat.

💖 RETURN 💖

0 on success, or a negative error number in case of failure 😭 — so like, zero is the slay, negative is the not-slay. periodt.

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie there is a whole friend group here and i'm obsessed 🌈 first up, this lives in the Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/netlink.c, next to enum batadv_netlink_multicast_groups(9), and then the full squad:

like, the way that list just goes on and on? iconic. go read them all, they're all right there k? 🧚

and that's the page, bestie!! 💜 this one shipped out of ./net/batman-adv with a date stamp of October 2026, all under the batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(9) name in the Kernel API Manual 🎀 mwah, go fill some messages ✨💅

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