batadv_recv_...ndled_packet(9)

okay so welcome to the batadv_recv_...ndled_packet(9) page in the Kernel API manual — yes, the name is a whole mouthful, but she's iconic and the vibes are immaculate. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_recv_unhandled_packet — default RX handler for unsupported packet types. no cap, that's literally the whole glow-up. 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

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

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• skb — incoming packet. bestie, it's the packet that just showed up. 📦
• recv_if — interface on which the packet was received (unused). she's giving “listed but not used,” and that's okay. 💀

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Drop incoming packets whose packet_type has no dedicated RX handler registered.

like, if nobody signed up to handle that packet type, this function is the bouncer and it says “not today.” 🚪✨

🔥 RETURN 🔥

NET_RX_DROP

that's the whole return value, periodt. 💅

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file: ./net/batman-adv/main.c
• batadv_init(9)
• batadv_exit(9)
• batadv_mesh_init(9)
• batadv_mesh_free(9)
• batadv_is_my_mac(9)
• batadv_max_header_len(9)
• batadv_skb_set_priority(9)
• batadv_batman_skb_recv(9)
• batadv_recv_handler_init(9)
• batadv_recv_handler_register(9)
• batadv_recv_handler_unregister(9)
• batadv_get_vid(9)
• batadv_vlan_ap_isola_get(9)
• batadv_throw_uevent(9)

that's the tea, bestie 🫶 this page came from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's the batadv_recv_...ndled_packet(9) manual. go off, and remember: unsupported packets get dropped. 💖🎀