batadv_orig_dump(9)

💅 batadv_orig_dump(9) — the kernel API manual, bestie edition

okay so picture this: we're deep in the kernel, the file is batadv_orig_dump(9), and this little icon is the one that talks netlink. literally its whole job. come on.

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_orig_dump — dumps the originator infos to netlink for one specific outgoing interface. no cap, that's the vibe. 💖

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int batadv_orig_dump (struct sk_buff *msg , struct netlink_callback *cb
);

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• msg — the message we're dumping into. it's giving canvas, it's giving "put the data here please". 🖌️
• cb — the parameters for the dump. the little instruction sheet, iykyk. 📋

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🌸 RETURN 🌸

0 or an error value. that's it, that's the whole mood. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c — plus the whole friend group:

• batadv_orig_hash_find(9)
• batadv_compare_orig(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_get(9)
• batadv_vlan_id_valid(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9)
• batadv_orig_node_vlan_release(9)
• batadv_originator_init(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_release(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_release(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_release(9)
• batadv_orig_router_get(9)
• batadv_orig_to_router(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_get(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_new(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_get(9)
• batadv_neigh_ifinfo_new(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_get(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_get_or_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_get(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_create(9)
• batadv_neigh_node_get_or_create(9)
• batadv_hardif_neigh_dump(9)
• batadv_orig_ifinfo_release(9)
• batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(9)
• batadv_orig_node_release(9)
• batadv_originator_free(9)
• batadv_orig_node_new(9)
• batadv_purge_neigh_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_neighbors(9)
• batadv_find_best_neighbor(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_node(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_ref(9)
• batadv_purge_orig(9)

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and that's the page, bestie 🫶 this one shipped from the source tree ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — go read it, it ate 💅✨