batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_orig_node_free_rcu(9) — the Kernel API Manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this one is a whole function page, not your usual command-line situation. no flags, no --help, just one little function doing one little job. and honestly? she ate. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_orig_node_free_rcu — free the orig_node

that's it. that's the job. she frees the orig_node. no cap. 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_orig_node_free_rcu (struct rcu_head *rcu );

so the way this works: it returns void (nothing back, she's not texting you after), and she takes exactly one argument. iconic minimalism, honestly. ✨

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • rcu — the rcu pointer of the orig_node. like, it's the rcu pointer belonging to the orig_node. that's the whole vibe. she needs the pointer, she gets the pointer, she frees the thing. 🫶

🧚 SEE ALSO 🧚

okay this is the part where the page just goes off — there are SO many siblings, and we're listing them all, because every one of them is part of the family, and we do not leave a cousin out. 💖

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c, plus:

like... the whole originator friend group showed up. get, new, release, purge, dump — it's giving full lifecycle. iykyk. 🌈

lowkey a note: batadv_orig_node_free_rcu is an RCU callback kinda situation. the name literally has _rcu in it. that's the whole point of the parameter. bestie, just pass her the rcu pointer of the orig_node and let her cook. 🍓

and that's the page!! short, sweet, one argument, one job, zero drama. main character energy for a callback function, honestly. 👑

💖 thanks for reading, mwah 💖

from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026 — signed, sealed, shipped, periodt. 🎀✨🦋

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