mesh_path_tx_pending(9)

💖 mesh_path_tx_pending(9) — Kernel API Manual, section 9 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual, section 9 — today’s main character is mesh_path_tx_pending, and she literally sends pending frames in a mesh path queue. no cap. 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

mesh_path_tx_pending — sends pending frames in a mesh path queue. periodt. 💅

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void mesh_path_tx_pending (struct mesh_path *mpath );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• mpath — the mesh path to activate. that’s the one, bestie. 🎀

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so the locking tea is important: the state_lock of the mpath structure must NOT be held when calling this function. like, not held. at all. this is a hard no, not a vibe suggestion. 😭

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

the relevant kernel file is ./net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c, and here’s the whole friend group:

• 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_path_add(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_send_to_gates(9)
• mesh_path_discard_frame(9)
• mesh_path_flush_pending(9)
• mesh_path_fix_nexthop(9)

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🌈 SIGN-OFF 🌈

mwah 💋 this page comes from the source/version line ./net/mac80211, dated October 2026, and it’s all about mesh_path_tx_pending(9). slay, go forth, and do not hold that state_lock. 💖👑