batadv_tt_global_add(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💖 batadv_tt_global_add(9) 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for batadv_tt_global_add(9) — yes that's the whole name, it's a whole vibe, we love a long descriptive function name in this house 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_tt_global_add — add a new TT global entry or update an existing one 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool batadv_tt_global_add (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_orig_node *orig_node , const unsigned char *tt_addr , unsigned
short vid , u16 flags , u8 ttvn );

like literally that's the whole signature, no cap 🎀

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • bat_priv — the bat priv with all the mesh interface information (it's giving main character energy, it holds everything)
  • orig_node — the originator announcing the client 👑
  • tt_addr — the mac address of the non-mesh client 🍓
  • vid — VLAN identifier
  • flags — TT flags that have to be set for this non-mesh client
  • ttvn — the tt version number ever announcing this non-mesh client

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so here's the tea ☕ — this function adds a new TT global entry for the given originator.

if the entry already exists? it adds a new reference to the given originator (and yes, a global entry can have references to multiple originators — it's poly, it's fine 😌) and adjusts the flags attribute to reflect the function argument. slay.

also, if a TT local entry exists for this non-mesh client, it removes it. bye bestie 👋

⚠️ important caveat, don't skip this: The caller must hold the orig_node refcount. fr fr, hold it before you call this, no exceptions.

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • true — if the new entry has been added 🎉
  • false — otherwise 😭

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/translation-table.c and, honestly, the entire extended friend group:

and that's the whole page, bestie 💖 this little readme of a manpage lives in ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 — go forth and add those TT global entries, you've got this 🧚✨

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