batadv_v_gw_dump_entry(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_v_gw_dump_entry — like, the whole glow-up

okay so bestie, welcome to the batadv_v_gw_dump_entry(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 📖✨ — yes, we're in kernel-doc territory, grab a lil snack, this one's actually short and sweet 🍓

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_v_gw_dump_entry — Dump a gateway into a message 🎀

no cap, that's the whole vibe: one gateway node, one netlink message, get it in there 💌

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int batadv_v_gw_dump_entry (struct sk_buff *msg , u32 portid , struct
netlink_callback *cb , struct batadv_priv *bat_priv , struct
batadv_gw_node *gw_node );

she takes five arguments and returns an int, main character energy honestly 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

like, meet the cast 🫶

  • msg — the Netlink message she's dumping into 💌 that's the destination, the whole point of the operation
  • portid — the port making the netlink request 🌈 (yes, which port, we're being specific)
  • cb — the control block, and it's carrying additional options on top 😌 the little briefcase of extra settings
  • bat_priv — the bat priv 🦇 holding all the mesh interface information, like every single mesh-interface deet lives here
  • gw_node — the gateway to be dumped ✨ the actual star of the show, the node getting written into the message

⭐ RETURN ⭐

An error code, or 0 on success 🎉 so like, zero is the slay outcome, anything else is the universe telling you something went sideways 😭💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

literally the entire bat_v.c friend group, they all live in ./net/batman-adv/bat_v.c in the kernel source, iykyk 🧚‍♀️

heads up bestie, that bat_v.c reference is the Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bat_v.c — that's where you'll find her 🫶

that's the whole page, no skips, no cuts 💖 mwah 💋

source/version: ./net/batman-adv 🌸 dated: October 2026 📅 and the page you just read is batadv_v_gw_dump_entry(9) — periodt. 💅✨

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