batadv_purge_orig_ref(9)

💖 batadv_purge_orig_ref(9) 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this is the page for batadv_purge_orig_ref, and honestly? it's giving housekeeping era. 🧹✨

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_purge_orig_ref — Purge all outdated originators 🗑️👑

like… spring cleaning but for mesh nodes that have overstayed their welcome. no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_purge_orig_ref (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

it's a void function, so it doesn't hand you anything back — it just does the thing and dips. main character energy fr. 💅

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information 🦋 this is the struct holding literally everything about the mesh interface, so yeah, she's important. iykyk.

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⭐ SEE ALSO ⭐

okay this list is LONG but we do not skip a single one, periodt. every single one of these is getting her moment:

• 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_ifinfo(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_neighbors(9)
• batadv_find_best_neighbor(9)
• batadv_purge_orig_node(9)
• batadv_purge_orig(9)
• batadv_orig_dump(9)

and where does all this live? in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/originator.c — that's the source file bestie, go read it, it's right there 🫶

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💀 reminder: this function is a void and it purges things. purging means removing stuff. don't be surprised when outdated originators are simply… gone. 🙈

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mwah 💋 that's the whole page. source: ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and the manual is batadv_purge_orig_ref(9) — catch you in the next manpage bestie, slay 🌈👑💜