mesh_path_add(9)

🦋 mesh_path_add(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition 🦋

okay so real quick before we get into it: this page lives in the Kernel API Manual (mesh_path_add(9)), and it's genuinely one of the more lowkey iconic little functions in the mesh path table saga. stay with me 💅

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✨ NAME ✨

mesh_path_add — allocate and add a new path to the mesh path table 🎀

like, that's the whole gig. she allocates. she adds. she's in the table now. periodt.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

struct mesh_path * mesh_path_add (struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata ,
const u8 *dst );

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🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• sdata — the local subif, aka the sub-interface she's doing all this for 💖
• dst — the destination address of the path, and heads up, it's ETH_ALEN length. no notes, that's just the vibe check she has to pass ✨

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👑 RETURN 👑

0 on success 🎉 that's the good ending, that's the slay.

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

State: the initial state of the new path is set to 0. that's it. that's the starting point. she's fresh out the box, zeroed out, ready for whatever happens next 🦋

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💀 SEE ALSO 💀

the kernel file to go read if you're nosy (affectionate): ./net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c

and the whole friend group, all of whom are also (9) and all of whom are absolutely invited to the group chat:

• mesh_path_assign_nexthop(9)
• mesh_path_move_to_queue(9)
• mesh_path_lookup(9)
• mesh_path_lookup_by_idx(9)
• mpp_path_lookup_by_idx(9)
• mesh_path_add_gate(9)
• mesh_gate_del(9)
• mesh_gate_num(9)
• mesh_plink_broken(9)
• mesh_path_flush_by_nexthop(9)
• mesh_path_flush_by_iface(9)
• table_path_del(9)
• mesh_path_del(9)
• mesh_path_tx_pending(9)
• mesh_path_send_to_gates(9)
• mesh_path_discard_frame(9)
• mesh_path_flush_pending(9)
• mesh_path_fix_nexthop(9)

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okay that's the whole page!! this little cutie came out of ./net/mac80211 and she's dated October 2026 — yeah she's from the future, she's ahead of her time, main character energy fr fr 🌈💖 no cap, go read the source, ily, bye 🎀✨