mesh_path_fix_nexthop(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay bestie, welcome to the mesh_path_fix_nexthop(9) page from the Kernel API Manual — it's short, it's specific, and it's lowkey iconic for doing exactly one thing. Let's go 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

mesh_path_fix_nexthop — force a specific next hop for a mesh path. That's the whole vibe 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mesh_path_fix_nexthop (struct mesh_path *mpath , struct sta_info *next_hop );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • mpath — the mesh path to modify. This is the path you're changing, no cap.
  • next_hop — the next hop to force. You're literally forcing this one to be the next hop, periodt.

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Locking: this function must be called holding mpath->state_lock

Okay so the locking note is the whole entire moment here: this function must be called holding mpath->state_lock. That's not a suggestion, bestie — it's the rule. Hold the lock, then do the thing. 🔒

🐚 SEE ALSO 🐚

Kernel file ./net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c is the source location mentioned here. Also these cuties:

That's the whole page, bestie. Cute little sign-off: source ./net/mac80211, date October 2026, and the header is mesh_path_fix_nexthop(9) 🎀✨

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