batadv_netlink_notify_mesh(9)

💖 batadv_netlink_notify_mesh 💖

okay bestie, so this is a kernel API page for batadv_netlink_notify_mesh — yes it's a whole mouthful, iykyk — and honestly? it's giving "tiny function, big main character energy" because all it does is yell meshif attributes at a listener. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_netlink_notify_mesh — the little cutie that sends meshif attributes to a listener, periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_netlink_notify_mesh (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

like literally that's the whole signature, no cap. one arg, one int coming back at you. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv 🫶 which is holding all the mesh interface information. every last bit of it. this is the source of truth for the whole operation, so be nice to it.

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👑 RETURN 👑

• 0 — success, slay, we ate, everything went great ✨
• < 0 — error 😭 something went sideways, and it's negative about it

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group, because nobody in this kernel file is doing it alone:

• batadv_netlink_multicast_groups(9)
• enum batadv_genl_ops_flags(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_ifindex(9)
• batadv_netlink_mesh_fill_ap_isolation(9)
• batadv_netlink_set_mesh_ap_isolation(9)
• batadv_netlink_mesh_fill(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_mesh(9)
• batadv_netlink_set_mesh(9)
• batadv_netlink_tp_meter_put(9)
• batadv_netlink_tpmeter_notify(9)
• batadv_netlink_tp_meter_start(9)
• batadv_netlink_tp_meter_cancel(9)
• batadv_netlink_hardif_fill(9)
• batadv_netlink_notify_hardif(9)
• batadv_netlink_cmd_get_hardif(9)
• batadv_netlink_set_hardif(9)
• batadv_netlink_dump_hardif(9)
• batadv_netlink_vlan_fill(9)
• batadv_netlink_notify_vlan(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_vlan(9)
• batadv_netlink_set_vlan(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_meshif_from_ifindex(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_meshif_from_info(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_meshif(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_hardif_from_ifindex(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_hardif_from_info(9)
• batadv_netlink_get_hardif(9)
• batadv_get_vlan_from_info(9)
• batadv_pre_doit(9)
• batadv_post_doit(9)
• batadv_netlink_register(9)
• batadv_netlink_unregister(9)

and the source of all this chaos lives in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/netlink.c 💀 go read it, it's right there.

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💜 heads up bestie: this page is part of the ./net/batman-adv docs, dated October 2026, and it's manual entry batadv_netlink_notify_mesh(9). screenshot it, bookmark it, tattoo it on your arm, whatever — just remember where you got it 🌈⭐🎀