batadv_send_broadcast_skb(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_send_broadcast_skb(9) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for batadv_send_broadcast_skb — it's giving "send a broadcast packet via a hard interface" and honestly? iconic. no cap. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_send_broadcast_skb — Send broadcast packet via hard interface 💌📡

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_send_broadcast_skb (struct sk_buff *skb , struct
       batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface );

literally just two args, we love a low-maintenance function signature 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • skb — the packet to be transmitted. and listen, it comes pre-dressed: it already has the batadv header and no outer eth header. think of it as already wearing its outfit, you're just the uber driver bestie 💅
  • hard_iface — the outgoing interface. that's the road we're taking 🛣️

🔥 RETURN 🔥

A negative errno code is returned on a failure. periodt. 💀

⚠️ but here's the tea: a success does not guarantee the frame will actually be transmitted — it may get dropped due to congestion or traffic shaping. so like, you did your part, the packet might still ghost you 😭 it's not you, it's the network.

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/send.c — and the whole friend group, fr fr:

🌈 a whole squad, a whole ecosystem, main character energy everywhere. iykyk. 💜

sign-off besties 🧚‍♀️✨ — this little love letter lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's the batadv_send_broadcast_skb(9) page. stay safe, check your errno, and remember: congestion happens 💅🍓

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