batadv_tvlv_handler_release(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_tvlv_handler_release(9) — the kernel API manual, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the batadv_tvlv_handler_release page, straight out of the Linux kernel API manual. yes, the whole title is the function name, that's just how kernel docs roll 💀

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_tvlv_handler_release — release tvlv handler from lists and queue for free after rcu grace period

like, it takes the tvlv handler off the lists, and then it queues it up to actually get freed later — after the RCU grace period, not immediately. no cap, that delay is the whole point 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void batadv_tvlv_handler_release (struct kref *ref );

it returns void, so nothing comes back to you. it just does the thing and dips 🦋

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • ref — kref pointer of the tvlv. that's the reference-count handle you're handing over, and it's what the function works its magic on 👑

one argument. that's it. she's lowkey efficient like that 💅

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the kernel file lives at ./net/batman-adv/tvlv.c — that's home base for all of this, iykyk ⭐

and here's the whole friend group, literally every single one:

go read those if you want the full lore, bestie, this page is just one little icon in the saga 🧚

real talk: "release … and queue for free after rcu grace period" means the free is deferred. don't go assuming the memory is gone the second this returns — that's a whole different vibe check and the docs are very clear about it 💀

sign-off time 🫶 this little gem comes from the source/version line ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and it's filed under batadv_tvlv_handler_release(9) — the full glow-up header-slash-footer combo. periodt 💖✨

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