batadv_originator_free(9)

💅 batadv_originator_free — ngl this one's the cleanup era

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this little icon is batadv_originator_free(9) — the function that literally frees all the originator structures. no cap, that's the whole vibe. it's the "closing shift, turn the lights off" of the batman-adv originator world 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void batadv_originator_free (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

it returns void, so like… it gives nothing back. and honestly? that's its main character energy 🔥

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 💖 this is the big bag of everything the mesh interface knows, and you're handing it over so the function can go absolutely feral cleaning up.

🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

bestie there are so many siblings here, this is a whole family reunion. every single one of them, in order, no skipping 👑

• 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_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)

and the kernel file it lives in is ./net/batman-adv/originator.c — that's the address, go say hi 🫶

💀 lowkey reminder: "free all originator structures" means exactly what it says. this is the teardown function, so like, don't be calling it on a whim mid-mesh and then acting surprised. iykyk.

and that's the whole page, bestie! 🌈 this icon came from ./net/batman-adv in October 2026, and it's batadv_originator_free(9) — go forth and free responsibly 💅💖