batadv_netlink_register(9)

✨ batadv_netlink_register ✨

okay bestie, so this one is a kernel API manual page from the batadv (batman-adv) family, and it's literally the function that gets the whole genl netlink party started 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_netlink_register — register the batadv genl netlink family 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int batadv_netlink_register (void );

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• void — no arguments, bestie. nothing. nada. she takes zero inputs, she's lowkey self-sufficient like that 🙈

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

0 on success — slay 👑

or a negative error number if it fails 😭 (so like, don't assume it worked, ok? check the vibe of that return value fr fr)

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Like, there's a whole friend group here and you should probably meet them all:

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/netlink.c enum
• 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_notify_mesh(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_unregister(9)

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💀 quick heads up: batadv_netlink_unregister(9) is the one that takes the family back down, so this register/unregister pair is giving main character energy together. iykyk 🫶

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and that's the page, bestie!! come find me in ./net/batman-adv any time — this one's dated October 2026 and it's from the Kernel API Manual, xoxo 🍓🧚💜