batadv_v_init(9)

💖 NAME 💖

batadv_v_init — the B.A.T.M.A.N. V initialization function, bestie. Like, this is the <pink>Kernel API Manual</pink> entry for it, and honestly? It's the little function that gets the whole V party started 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int batadv_v_init (void );

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• void — no arguments, babes. Not a single one. She takes nothing and she gives everything 💅

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so, this function Takes care of initializing all the subcomponents. — yes, all of them, the whole squad 🫶

And when does she do this? It is invoked upon module load only. That's it. Module load. One time. Main character energy, honestly — shows up once, sets everything up, dips ✨

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🔥 RETURN 🔥

• 0 on success — slay, we love a happy ending 👑
• a negative error code otherwise — 😭 not the error code

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Grab a snack, this list is long, but every single one is iconic in her own right 💜

• Kernel file ./net/batman-adv/bat_v.c
• batadv_v_iface_activate(9)
• batadv_v_iface_enable(9)
• batadv_v_iface_disable(9)
• batadv_v_primary_iface_set(9)
• batadv_v_iface_update_mac(9)
• batadv_v_hardif_neigh_init(9)
• batadv_v_neigh_dump_neigh(9)
• batadv_v_neigh_dump_hardif(9)
• batadv_v_neigh_dump(9)
• batadv_v_orig_dump_subentry(9)
• batadv_v_orig_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_v_orig_dump_bucket(9)
• batadv_v_orig_dump(9)
• batadv_v_neigh_cmp(9)
• batadv_v_neigh_is_sob(9)
• batadv_v_init_sel_class(9)
• batadv_v_gw_throughput_get(9)
• batadv_v_gw_get_best_gw_node(9)
• batadv_v_gw_is_eligible(9)
• batadv_v_gw_dump_entry(9)
• batadv_v_gw_dump(9)
• batadv_v_hardif_init(9)
• batadv_v_mesh_init(9)
• batadv_v_mesh_free(9)
• batadv_v_deinit(9)

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And that's the whole page, fr fr 💅 This lil' baddie lives in ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and she goes by batadv_v_init(9) — ily, go read the rest of the bat_v.c family, mwah 🍓✨