ENUM BATADV_NL_COMMANDS(9)

💅 enum batadv_nl_commands 💅

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual moment of your life — this is enum batadv_nl_commands, and it's literally the whole guest list of netlink commands that batman-adv supports 🦋. every command the mesh stack will answer to lives in here, no cap. let's do a vibe check on all of them, in order, nothing skipped 💖

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✨ NAME ✨

enum batadv_nl_commands — the supported batman-adv netlink commands, aka the official group chat of mesh commands 👑

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

enum batadv_nl_commands {
    BATADV_CMD_UNSPEC ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_MESH ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_MESH_INFO ,
    BATADV_CMD_TP_METER ,
    BATADV_CMD_TP_METER_CANCEL ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_ROUTING_ALGOS ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_HARDIF ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_HARDIFS ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_TRANSTABLE_LOCAL ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_TRANSTABLE_GLOBAL ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_ORIGINATORS ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_NEIGHBORS ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_GATEWAYS ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_BLA_CLAIM ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_BLA_BACKBONE ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_DAT_CACHE ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_MCAST_FLAGS ,
    BATADV_CMD_SET_MESH ,
    BATADV_CMD_SET_HARDIF ,
    BATADV_CMD_GET_VLAN ,
    BATADV_CMD_SET_VLAN ,
    __BATADV_CMD_AFTER_LAST ,
    BATADV_CMD_MAX

};

look at her go 😭 twenty-something constants all lined up like a perfectly curated playlist ✨

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🎀 Constants 🎀

• BATADV_CMD_UNSPEC — the unspecified command, whose entire job is catching errors 🚨 like the friend who exists purely to be the responsible one.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_MESH — grab the attributes from mesh(if) 💫.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_MESH_INFO — literally just an alias for BATADV_CMD_GET_MESH 🫶 same energy, different name.
• BATADV_CMD_TP_METER — kick off a tp meter session 🔥 (throughput measurement time, bestie).
• BATADV_CMD_TP_METER_CANCEL — nope, cancel that tp meter session 💀.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_ROUTING_ALGOS — query the list of routing algorithms 🧚 like asking "so what's the algorithm lineup rn?"
• BATADV_CMD_GET_HARDIF — get attributes from a hardif of the current mesh(if) 🌈.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_HARDIFS — alias for BATADV_CMD_GET_HARDIF 💅 iconic twin behaviour.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_TRANSTABLE_LOCAL — query the list of local translations ⭐.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_TRANSTABLE_GLOBAL — query the list of global translations 🌍.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_ORIGINATORS — query the list of originators 👑 the main characters of the mesh, fr fr.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_NEIGHBORS — query the list of neighbours 🏘️ everybody's favourite people.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_GATEWAYS — query the list of gateways 🚪✨.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_BLA_CLAIM — query the list of bridge loop avoidance claims 🙈.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_BLA_BACKBONE — query the list of bridge loop avoidance backbones 🦴.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_DAT_CACHE — query the list of DAT cache entries 🍓.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_MCAST_FLAGS — query the list of multicast flags 📡.
• BATADV_CMD_SET_MESH — set attributes for mesh(if) 💜 the "we're making changes now" one.
• BATADV_CMD_SET_HARDIF — set attributes for a hardif of the current mesh(if) 🎀.
• BATADV_CMD_GET_VLAN — get attributes from a VLAN of the current mesh(if) 🌸.
• BATADV_CMD_SET_VLAN — set attributes for a VLAN of the current mesh(if) 💖.
• __BATADV_CMD_AFTER_LAST — internal use 🫥 that's it, that's the whole description, mind your business.
• BATADV_CMD_MAX — the highest used command number 🔝 the ceiling, the limit, the moment.

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quick reminder bestie: __BATADV_CMD_AFTER_LAST is marked internal use, so don't go treating it like a public command okay 😭 it's not for you, it's for the kernel's own business.

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🔍 SEE ALSO 🔍

• Kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/batman_adv.h enum 📄
• batadv_tt_client_flags(9)
• enum batadv_mcast_flags_priv(9)
• enum batadv_gw_modes(9)
• enum batadv_nl_attrs(9)
• enum batadv_tp_meter_reason(9)
• enum batadv_ifla_attrs(9)

go read those next, iykyk 💅✨

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and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this lil' slice of the Kernel API Manual comes courtesy of ./include/uapi/linux and is dated October 2026 — so go forth, query some originators, cancel a tp meter, and slay 💖🌈👑