mesh_plink_fsm(9)

💖 mesh_plink_fsm(9) 💖

okay so bestie, you're in the Kernel API Manual (section 9, the big-kid section, we love her) and today's main character is mesh_plink_fsm. pull up a chair. 🎀

✨ NAME ✨

mesh_plink_fsm — step @sta MPM based on @event 🦋

like... literally that's the whole vibe. you feed it a neighbor and an event and it takes one (1) step of the mesh peer link state machine. move the little guy forward. slay.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

u64 mesh_plink_fsm (struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata , struct
sta_info *sta , enum plink_event event );

three args, one u64 coming back at you. no cap. 💅

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💅 ARGUMENTS 💅

• sdata — the interface. the whole sub-if-data situation. your struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *, iconic, no notes. 🫶
• sta — mesh neighbor. the station we're peering with. your bestie across the airwaves. 💜
• event — peering event. the thing that just happened, as an enum plink_event. it's giving "something occurred and we must react." 👑

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

changed MBSS flags — returned as a u64. that's it. that's the tea. ☕

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🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

• Kernel file ./net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c — the home base, literally where the source lives 🧚
• mesh_plink_fsm_restart(9) 🔥
• mesh_set_ht_prot_mode(9) 🌈
• __mesh_plink_deactivate(9) 💀
• mesh_plink_deactivate(9) 🙈

go read those too, iykyk. the whole friend group is worth your time. 💖

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ngl if you're poking at mesh peering and you skipped the SEE ALSO, that's on you bestie 😭

mwah, that's the page. periodt. 🍓

okay final sign-off because we're being cute about it: this little masterpiece lives in the ./net/mac80211 corner of the tree, it's dated October 2026, and it answers to the name mesh_plink_fsm(9). take care of her. 💖✨👑