batadv_tp_session_cookie(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — yes we're in kernel land today, and honestly? it's giving main character energy. this little function's whole job is making a session cookie based on session ids, and she does it flawlessly. no notes. 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

batadv_tp_session_cookie — generate session cookie based on session ids 🍪

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

u32 batadv_tp_session_cookie (const u8 session[2] , u8 icmp_uid );

like, that's the whole signature. short, sweet, iconic. 👑

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

  • session — the TP session identifier, it's a const u8 session[2] bestie, two whole bytes of identity 🫶
  • icmp_uid — the icmp pseudo uid of the tp session, a u8, do not lose her 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

a 32 bit tp_meter session cookie. that's a u32 babe, a whole snack of a return value 🌈

no cap, that's literally all she gives back — one cookie, 32 bits, periodt.

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the whole friend group, fr fr — and yes, we're listing every single one because nobody gets left behind 💜

that's the entire squad, go say hi to all of them 🧚

okay that's the page!! she lives in ./net/batman-adv and this edition is dated October 2026 — mwah, love u, go read tp_meter.c 💖🎀✨

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