tipc_disc_init_msg(9)

💖 tipc_disc_init_msg(9) 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual — yes, that manual — and it's about one tiny little function that gets a link setup message ready to go. that's it, that's the whole vibe. it's a glow-up pass for a message before it heads out into the world ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

tipc_disc_init_msg — initialize a link setup message 🎀

like, literally just initialize a link setup message. no cap.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void tipc_disc_init_msg (struct net *net , struct sk_buff *skb , u32 mtyp , struct tipc_bearer * b );

notice it returns void, so don't come looking for a return value, she gives you nothing back 💅

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• net — the applicable net namespace 🌐 like, which little network world we're operating in, ykwim?
• skb — buffer containing message 📦 the actual message lives in here, this is the cargo
• mtyp — message type (request or response) 💌 so it's either asking or answering, pick a lane
• b — ptr to bearer issuing message 👑 the bearer that's sending this thing out is pointed at by b

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

• Kernel file ./net/tipc/discover.c
• struct tipc_discoverer(9)
• disc_dupl_alert(9)
• tipc_disc_rcv(9)
• tipc_disc_create(9)
• tipc_disc_delete(9)
• tipc_disc_reset(9)

the whole discover.c friend group, fr fr — go read the rest of them, they're iconic 🧚

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lowkey a reminder: this page lives under ./net/tipc, so that's your source home base if you go looking for her 🍓

and that's the whole page, bestie! 💜 this one came straight out of ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, and she's filed as tipc_disc_init_msg(9) — mwah, slay, periodt 💅✨