mesh_plink_fsm_restart(9)

💅 mesh_plink_fsm_restart(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual era 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual page for mesh_plink_fsm_restart — yes that's a whole mouthful, no we're not shortening it, it's iconic and we respect it. ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

mesh_plink_fsm_restart — restart a mesh peer link finite state machine 🦋

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void mesh_plink_fsm_restart (struct sta_info *sta );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• sta — the mesh peer link you're restarting. that's it. that's the whole argument. slay 💅

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💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

Locking: this function must be called holding sta->mesh->plink_lock 🔒

fr fr do NOT skip that part. no cap, you gotta be holding the lock when you call this. it's giving "read the instructions before you touch anything" energy and honestly? respect.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• Kernel file ./net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c — the source file where all this lives 🧚
• mesh_set_ht_prot_mode(9)
• __mesh_plink_deactivate(9)
• mesh_plink_deactivate(9)
• mesh_plink_fsm(9)

like, go read those too, they're all part of the same friend group iykyk 💜

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🌈 sign-off 🌈

this page came to you from ./net/mac80211, dated October 2026 — mwah, kisses, go restart that finite state machine responsibly bestie 🫶💖