batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv(9) 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9, and today's main character is a little function called batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv — yes that's a mouthful, yes it's iconic, no we're not shortening it. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_recv_unicast_tvlv — receive and process unicast tvlv packets. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it catches them, it handles them, it serves. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

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

like literally the whole signature, no notes. it takes two things and gives you back an int. periodt. 🌟

✨ ARGUMENTS ✨

  • skb — the unicast tvlv packet we're about to process. this is the little guy we're here for, the whole reason the function exists, the guest of honor. 🫶
  • recv_if — a pointer to the interface this packet was received on. so like, where it came from. important context, ngl. 🔥

✨ RETURN ✨

gives you NET_RX_SUCCESS on success, or NET_RX_DROP in case of failure.

so like — success or drop, there is no in between, no "it went okay-ish", the function does not do situationships. 💀

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

the connected universe, fr fr. also the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/routing.c is in the mix. every single one of these, no cap: 🌈

like a whole friend group of routing functions, and they all ate. 👑

and that's the page, bestie!! 💖 this little love letter lives in ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 — mwah, go read some more kernel docs, you're doing amazing sweetie 🦋✨🎀

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