batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo(9)

💅 batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo — kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, this is batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo(9) from the Kernel API Manual, and it's literally the function that goes through an originator and yeets out the stale, obsolete ifinfo entries. Spring cleaning but for mesh networking 🧹✨

---

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo — purge obsolete ifinfo entries from originator 🫶

---

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_orig_node *orig_node );

---

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv that's holding all the mesh interface information 💖
• orig_node — the orig node that's getting checked, bestie. this is the one under the microscope 🔍

---

⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns true if any ifinfo entry was actually purged, and false otherwise. No in-between, no vibes, just a bool 💅

---

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c — plus this whole iconic friend group of functions:

• 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_originator_free(9)
• batadv_orig_node_new(9)
• batadv_purge_neigh_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 that's the whole page, bestie — go purge those obsolete entries, you absolute icon 👑💜

source/version: ./net/batman-adv · dated October 2026 · filed under batadv_purge_orig_ifinfo(9) 🍓