batadv_send...pare_unicast(9)

🌸 batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast — the kernel API manual 💅

okay bestie so you're reading batadv_send...pare_unicast(9), yes that's the manual name, it's just the header being ✨dramatic✨ and truncating itself. anyway. this is the one that wraps your skb up in a unicast header, and honestly? it ate. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast — encapsulate an skb with a unicast header 🦋

like, that's the whole gig. it puts a unicast header on your skb. no cap.

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

bool batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast (struct sk_buff *skb , struct
batadv_orig_node *orig_node );

it returns a bool, it takes two args, it's giving "small function, big responsibilities" energy 👑

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💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• skb — the skb containing the payload to encapsulate. this is your lil payload baby, it's getting wrapped up 🎁
• orig_node — the destination node. where it's headed, the main character of the trip 💫

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

lowkey the important part:

• false if the payload could not be encapsulated 😭
• true otherwise 🎉

periodt. that's it. that's the return value. iykyk.

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie there are SO many siblings, it's a whole family reunion. also heads up, this all lives in the kernel file ./net/batman-adv/send.c:

• batadv_send_skb_packet(9)
• batadv_send_broadcast_skb(9)
• batadv_send_unicast_skb(9)
• batadv_send_skb_to_orig(9)
• batadv_send_skb_push_fill_unicast(9)
• batadv_send_skb_prepare_unicast_4addr(9)
• batadv_send_skb_unicast(9)
• batadv_send_skb_via_tt_generic(9)
• batadv_send_skb_via_gw(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_free(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_alloc(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_was_stolen(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_steal(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_list_steal(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_list_free(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_queue(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_bcast_queue(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_ogmv1_queue(9)
• batadv_forw_bcast_packet_to_list(9)
• batadv_forw_bcast_packet_if(9)
• batadv_send_no_broadcast(9)
• __batadv_forw_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_forw_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_send_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_bcasts_left(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_bcasts_dec(9)
• batadv_forw_packet_is_rebroadcast(9)
• batadv_send_outstanding_bcast_packet(9)
• batadv_purge_outstanding_packets(9)

like i said. huge family. go read all of them bestie, i believe in you 🫶

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ngl this page is from ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's still filed under batadv_send...pare_unicast(9) because the header refuses to spell the whole thing out 💀 iconic behaviour honestly. mwah, bye bestie 💜✨🎀