batadv_send_...bcast_packet(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_send_...bcast_packet(9) 💅

okay so bestie, this is a page straight out of the Kernel API Manual — yes, that Kernel API Manual — and it's about one very specific little function. grab a boba, we're doing this 🧋✨

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet — transmit a queued broadcast packet 🦋

like, it takes a packet that's been sitting in the queue being all patient and sends it out into the world. main character energy fr fr 👑

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet (struct work_struct *work );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • work — the work queue item 💖 that's the whole vibe of this argument, it's literally just the work queue item, no cap

⭐ DESCRIPTION ⭐

Transmits a queued broadcast packet and if necessary reschedules it. 🔥

that's it. that's the function. it sends the packet, and if it needs to come back for round two, it reschedules itself. iconic behaviour honestly 💅✨

🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

the kernel file you want is ./net/batman-adv/send.c — and bestie, the friend group here is huge, so buckle up 🌈:

every single one of them, bestie. the whole squad. iykyk 💜

and that's the page!! 🎀 sign-off time: this one lives in ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 — so yeah, it's giving time traveller, it's giving kernel era, it's giving slay. periodt. 💖✨🦋

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