batadv_prima...get_selected(9)

💖 batadv_primary_if_get_selected 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the batadv_primary_if_get_selected(9) page — that's the kernel API manual, section 9, and it's literally all about grabbing yourself a reference to the primary interface 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_primary_if_get_selected — Get reference to primary interface 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct batadv_hard_iface * batadv_primary_if_get_selected (struct
batadv_priv *bat_priv );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information. yep, that's the one, it's giving "everything you need lives in here" 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

So what do you get back? The primary interface — with increased refcnt, periodt 🔥 — otherwise NULL. That's it, no cap.

🫶 heads up: increased refcnt means you're holding a reference, so don't just walk away from it, bestie.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h enum — and the whole friend group:

• batadv_hard_if_state(9)
• batadv_hard_if_bcast(9)
• batadv_hardif_put(9)
• batadv_is_cfg80211(9)
• batadv_is_wifi(9)

and that's the whole vibe check 💜 this one lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's the batadv_prima...get_selected(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — k byeee, go get that primary interface 🧚💖