batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9)

💅 batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so picture this: you're deep in the Linux kernel, in the batman-adv corner of things, and you need a VLAN object for an originator. This is the batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally going to find you one — or make you one. main character energy fr fr 🎀

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🦋 NAME

batadv_orig_node_vlan_new — search (and possibly create, no big deal) an orig_node_vlan object 💖

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✨ SYNOPSIS

struct batadv_orig_node_vlan * batadv_orig_node_vlan_new (struct
batadv_orig_node *orig_node , unsigned short vid );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS

• orig_node — the originator that's serving the VLAN. like, the whole reason we're here 🫶
• vid — the VLAN identifier. the vibe check number, if you will ✨

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🎀 RETURN

So here's the tea:

• NULL if it fails 😭 (failure happens, we don't talk about it)
• otherwise? the vlan object identified by vid that belongs to orig_node 💅

and if that object doesn't exist yet? bestie, it gets created and added to the list. we love a glow-up. 🔥

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👑 DESCRIPTION

The object comes back with its refcounter increased by 1. that's it, that's the whole thing — but it matters, okay? don't leak it. 🙈

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🌈 SEE ALSO

The kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c plus this whole little friend group right here:

batadv_orig_hash_find(9), batadv_compare_orig(9), batadv_orig_node_vlan_get(9), batadv_vlan_id_valid(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), batadv_orig_dump(9)

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ngl this list is giving "group chat with 35 members and every single one of them is unhinged in a different way" 💀 but they're all icons, we stan.

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kisses, bestie 🧚💜 — this page lives under ./net/batman-adv, dropped October 2026, and it's called batadv_orig_node_vlan_new(9). periodt. 🍓