batadv_v_mesh_init(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 batadv_v_mesh_init — the manual page, but make it make sense

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual entry for batadv_v_mesh_init — yes that's a mouthful, yes it's iconic, and yes i'm gonna walk you through it like we're texting at 2am 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

batadv_v_mesh_init — the function that initializes the B.A.T.M.A.N. V private resources for a mesh 💖

like. it sets up the vibes. the mesh's personal little stash of B.A.T.M.A.N. V stuff. main character energy fr.

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int batadv_v_mesh_init (struct batadv_priv *bat_priv );

that's it. one argument, one int coming back at you. short and slay ✨

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • bat_priv — the object representing the mesh interface to initialise 🫶 this is literally the thing you're setting up. it's giving "here's my mesh, pls prep it".

⭐ RETURN ⭐

  • 0 on success 🥳 slay, we ate
  • a negative error code otherwise 😭 like if it didn't work out. sad but honest.
no cap, that's the whole return contract. 0 = good, negative = not good. periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

okay this list is LONG and i'm obsessed, every single one of these icons gets their moment 👑 The kernel file is ./net/batman-adv/bat_v.c, and here's the whole squad:

go read all of them. i'll wait. iykyk 💜

and that's the page!! this came from the kernel source at ./net/batman-adv, dated October 2026, and the manual tag is batadv_v_mesh_init(9) — stan the kernel docs, they're lowkey iconic 🧚💅

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