batadv_originator_init(9)

💅 batadv_originator_init(9)

okay so this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, bestie — yes, that one, the kernel manual, we're in the big leagues now 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_originator_init — the lil setup function that initializes all the originator structures. all of them. every single one. slay 💅

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_originator_init (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv, aka the thing holding literally all the mesh interface information. it's giving main character energy, it knows everything 👑

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💖 RETURN 💖

Returns 0 on success, or a negative error number if things went sideways 😭 (so like, check it, fr fr).

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Bestie, buckle up, this list is long — but every single one is here because they're all family 🫶

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c

• 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_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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no cap, that's the whole squad 🌈 and that's a wrap! this page lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's officially batadv_originator_init(9) — iconic, periodt 💜✨