batadv_orig_to_router(9)

💅 batadv_orig_to_router(9)

ok so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual bestie, and it's about batadv_orig_to_router — the little function that finds you the next hop neighbor for an originator address. it's giving matchmaker energy fr fr 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_orig_to_router — get next hop neighbor to an orig address 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct batadv_neigh_node * batadv_orig_to_router (struct batadv_priv
*bat_priv , u8 *orig_addr , struct batadv_hard_iface *if_outgoing );

like, that's the whole signature, no cap. it hands you back a struct batadv_neigh_node * and takes those three args 💖

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv that's holding all the mesh interface information. it's literally the main character of this whole thing 👑
• orig_addr — the originator MAC address you're searching the best next hop router for. yes, this is the address you're trying to route toward 🧚
• if_outgoing — the interface where the payload packet has been received, or the OGM should be sent to. so it's either incoming-payload vibes or outgoing-OGM vibes, depending 🔥

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

you get back a neighbor node — and it's the best router towards the given originator address. slay. that's the good one, the one you want 🫶

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c and honestly a whole friend group of functions, all 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_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_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 bestie, that's a lot of cross-references — but every single one is listed up there, so you can go read them all if you're feeling ✨academic✨ 💀

ok bye, go route something 💜

— this page lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's batadv_orig_to_router(9) all day every day 🎀✨