[PATCH net-next 00/15] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2026-11-14

[Simon Wunderlich <sw@simonwunderlich.de>]

Dear net maintainers,

here is another cleanup pull request of batman-adv to go into net-next.

Please pull or let me know of any problem!

Thank you,
      Simon

The following changes since commit d5c0415dfb58b646696292a7af3d084200933f84:

  batman-adv: mcast: document the value stored in is_routable (2026-10-31 23:04:11 +0100)

are available in the Git repository at:

  https://git.open-mesh.org/batadv.git tags/batadv-next-pullrequest-20261114

for you to fetch changes up to e2c4b4b08e96e8ada2674ce26ff9e4abc33897bb:

  batman-adv: annotate functions returning objects with __must_check (2026-11-01 18:13:10 +0100)

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This cleanup patchset includes the following patches, all by
Sven Eckelmann:

- use dedicated key types for various hashes (4 patches)

- pass explicit key and update documentation (2 patches)

- consolidate skb consumption (4 patches)

- increase hash generation when purging entries (4 patches)

- annotate functions returning objects with __must_check

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Sven Eckelmann (15):
      batman-adv: bla: use dedicated key type for claim hash
      batman-adv: bla: use dedicated key type for backbone gateway hash
      batman-adv: dat: use dedicated key type for DAT hash
      batman-adv: tt: use dedicated key type for hashes
      batman-adv: originator: pass explicit key to orig_hash
      batman-adv: hash: document key argument of hash operations
      batman-adv: never consume skb in BLA rx and DAT incoming snooping
      batman-adv: always consume skb in batadv_forw_packet_alloc()
      batman-adv: split fragment forwarding into lookup and forward
      batman-adv: document skb ownership of always-consuming functions
      batman-adv: tt: increase hash generation when purging clients
      batman-adv: dat: increase hash generation when purging entries
      batman-adv: bla: increase hash generation when purging entries
      batman-adv: increase orig hash generation when purging originators
      batman-adv: annotate functions returning objects with __must_check

 net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c            |  14 +--
 net/batman-adv/bat_v.c                 |   2 +-
 net/batman-adv/bat_v_elp.c             |   6 +-
 net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c             |   2 +-
 net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.h             |   4 +-
 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c | 224 +++++++++++++++++----------------
 net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c |  90 +++++++------
 net/batman-adv/fragmentation.c         | 111 ++++++++--------
 net/batman-adv/fragmentation.h         |   9 +-
 net/batman-adv/gateway_client.h        |   9 +-
 net/batman-adv/hard-interface.c        |   2 +-
 net/batman-adv/hard-interface.h        |  10 +-
 net/batman-adv/hash.h                  |  15 ++-
 net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c        |   6 +-
 net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.h        |   4 +-
 net/batman-adv/multicast.c             |   3 +-
 net/batman-adv/netlink.c               |  10 +-
 net/batman-adv/netlink.h               |   5 +-
 net/batman-adv/originator.c            |  31 ++---
 net/batman-adv/originator.h            |  28 ++---
 net/batman-adv/routing.c               |  33 +++--
 net/batman-adv/routing.h               |   2 +-
 net/batman-adv/send.c                  |  31 +++--
 net/batman-adv/send.h                  |   2 +-
 net/batman-adv/tp_meter.c              |   8 +-
 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c     | 190 ++++++++++++++--------------
 net/batman-adv/translation-table.h     |   9 +-
 net/batman-adv/tvlv.c                  |   4 +-
 net/batman-adv/types.h                 |  57 +++++++--
 29 files changed, 498 insertions(+), 423 deletions(-)