batadv_tt_local_add(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_tt_local_add(9)

okay so bestie, we're in the Kernel API Manual today and this is the little function that gets a brand-new client into the local translation table — or, if that client is already chilling in there, just updates them. lowkey the glue of the whole TT situation. 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_tt_local_add — add a new client to the local table or update an existing client 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool batadv_tt_local_add (struct net_device *mesh_iface , const u8 *addr , unsigned short vid , int ifindex , u32 mark );

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • mesh_iface — the netdev struct of the mesh interface 💖
  • addr — the mac address of the client you're adding ✨
  • vid — the VLAN identifier 👑
  • ifindex — the index of the interface the client is connected to (super useful for identifying wireless clients, iykyk) 🦋
  • mark — the value sitting in the skb->mark field of the received packet (if there is one) 💅

⭐ RETURN ⭐

true if the client was successfully added, false otherwise. That's it, that's the vibe check. 🫶

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/translation-table.c — and honestly the whole extended fam lives there too, so here's every single one of them, no cap: 💜

that's the whole roster, bestie, every single one accounted for 💅✨

so yeah — this page ships out of ./net/batman-adv and it's dated October 2026 🌸 go forth and add those clients, you've got this 🦋💖👑

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