mesh_path_start_discovery(9)

💅 mesh_path_start_discovery(9) — Kernel API Manual energy ✨

okay so this page lives in the Kernel API Manual, and it's here to explain how to launch a path discovery from the PREQ queue. lowkey important, bestie 🫶

🌸 NAME 🌸

mesh_path_start_discovery — launch a path discovery from the PREQ queue. periodt.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mesh_path_start_discovery (struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sdata — the local mesh subif. that's the whole argument list, and honestly she ate 💅

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

the Kernel file ./net/mac80211/mesh_hwmp.c is right there in the mix, and these linked pages are part of the crew too:

• mesh_path_error_tx(9)
• hwmp_route_info_get(9)
• mesh_queue_preq(9)
• mesh_nexthop_resolve(9)
• mesh_nexthop_lookup_nolearn(9)
• mesh_nexthop_lookup(9)

mwah 💋 — source/version: ./net/mac80211; date: October 2026. go off, kernel bestie 🌈💖