batadv_send_bcast_packet(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_send_bcast_packet(9) ✨

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's a lil function from batman-adv and she's giving broadcast energy 🔥 lowkey the whole point is: send the packet, queue the packet, keep the mesh fed. periodt.

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_send_bcast_packet — send and queue a broadcast packet 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void batadv_send_bcast_packet (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
sk_buff *skb , unsigned long delay , bool own_packet );

that's it, that's the whole signature, no cap ✨

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • bat_priv — the bat priv, aka the struct holding all the mesh interface info. she knows everything, she's the main character of this call 👑
  • skb — the broadcast packet you're adding. this is the star of the show, handle her with care 🫶
  • delay — how many jiffies to wait before actually sending. yes, jiffies, that's the unit, don't come for me 😭
  • own_packet — true if this is a self-generated broadcast packet, like you made it yourself, homegrown, artisanal 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically: this bad boy transmits a broadcast packet — either immediately, or, if you gave it a delay, after that delay has passed. ⏳

and that's not all, because she's an overachiever: it also queues up additional retransmissions on wireless interfaces 🧚 so the vibes get repeated, as they should.

⚠️ BIG one, don't skip this: it consumes the provided skb. like, it owns it now. it's eaten. do not touch it after. this is not a drill, bestie, that skb is GONE 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/send.c — plus a whole friend group of functions, and yes i'm listing every single one because they all matter, iykyk:

go read them, she'd want you to 📚💜

and that's the whole page bestie!! 🎀 this little beauty lives in ./net/batman-adv and this version is dated October 2026 — shoutout to the batadv_send_bcast_packet(9) girlies, see you in the next manpage, mwah 💋✨

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