tipc_link_bc_create(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

okay so bestie, welcome to the Kernel API Manual — this one's tipc_link_bc_create(9), and it's literally the glow-up moment where a brand-new link gets made specifically for broadcast duty. no cap, it's giving "birth of a link" energy 👑

✨ NAME ✨

tipc_link_bc_create — create new link to be used for broadcast 📡

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool tipc_link_bc_create (struct net *net , u32 ownnode , u32 peer , u8
*peer_id , int mtu , u32 min_win , u32 max_win , u16 peer_caps , struct
sk_buff_head *inputq , struct sk_buff_head *namedq , struct tipc_link
*bc_sndlink , struct tipc_link **link );

she takes a lot of arguments and honestly? slay. every single one of them matters 💅

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • net — pointer to associated network namespace 🫶
  • ownnode — identity of own node (that's you, main character)
  • peer — node id of peer node
  • peer_id — 128-bit ID of peer 🔥 (yes, 128 bits, she's fancy)
  • mtu — mtu to be used initially if no peers
  • min_win — minimal send window to be used by link
  • max_win — maximal send window to be used by link
  • peer_caps — bitmap describing peer node capabilities ⭐
  • inputq — queue to put messages ready for delivery 📬
  • namedq — queue to put binding table update messages ready for delivery
  • bc_sndlink — the namespace global link used for broadcast sending 📡
  • link — return value, pointer to put the created link 🎀

💀 RETURN 💀

true if link was created, otherwise false. literally just a vibe check in boolean form — did the link get born or not 🙈

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

bestie that's a whole friend group of functions right there, go read them all, iykyk 🌈

🧚 and that's the whole page!! now go forth and create broadcast links responsibly, ok? mwah 💜

laterz, babes — this one lives in ./net/tipc, dated October 2026, and it goes by tipc_link_bc_create(9). periodt. 💅✨

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