batadv_recv_icmp_packet(9)

✨ batadv_recv_icmp_packet(9) ✨

okay bestie, so this one's a kernel API manual page — like, straight from the Kernel API Manual itself 💅 — and it's literally about the function batadv_recv_icmp_packet. the vibe? process incoming icmp packet. that's it, that's the whole job. 🎀

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🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_recv_icmp_packet — Process incoming icmp packet 🦋

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💖 SYNOPSIS 💖

int batadv_recv_icmp_packet (struct sk_buff *skb , struct
       batadv_hard_iface *recv_if );

so yeah, that's the exact signature, no cap. returns an int, takes two args, slay. ✨

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🧚 ARGUMENTS 🧚

• skb — the incoming packet buffer 💌 like, the actual packet that just showed up
• recv_if — the incoming hard interface 🫶 the interface it arrived on

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🌈 RETURN 🌈

NET_RX_SUCCESS on success, or NET_RX_DROP in case of failure. that's it — two outcomes, no mystery, periodt. 💀

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/routing.c, plus the whole friend group:

• _batadv_update_route(9)
• batadv_update_route(9)
• batadv_window_protected(9)
• batadv_check_management_packet(9)
• batadv_skb_decrement_ttl(9)
• batadv_recv_my_icmp_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_icmp_ttl_exceeded(9)
• batadv_check_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_last_bonding_get(9)
• batadv_last_bonding_replace(9)
• batadv_find_router(9)
• batadv_route_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_reroute_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_check_unicast_ttvn(9)
• batadv_recv_unhandled_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_unicast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv(9)
• batadv_recv_frag_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_recv_mcast_packet(9)

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and that's the whole page, bestie — 20 cross-refs and not a single one skipped 🫶

sign-off time: this little icon lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and yes it's still serving that Kernel API Manual energy. mwah 💋💖