Some Linux Kernel codes

[lilzz]

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	rtnl_link_register(&batadv_link_ops);

what does rtnl_link_register really does? what does rtnl stands for?

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INIT_HLIST_HEAD(&bat_priv->gw.list);
    INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bat_priv->tt.changes_list);

Also what are differences between INIT_LIST_HEAD and INIT_HLIST_HEAD?

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free_percpu(bat_priv->bat_counters);

what does free_percpu does?

4) list_for_each_entry_safe verus list_for_each_entry
what's safe means in this case?

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seqno_event = malloc(sizeof(struct seqno_event));
	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&seqno_event->list);
	list_add_tail(&seqno_event->list, &orig_event->event_list);

can someone describe in word of what's happening above?

[elatllat]

First hit on Google for rtnl_link_register is
http://lxr.free-electrons.com/source/ne ... ink.c#L321

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/**
* rtnl_link_register - Register rtnl_link_ops with rtnetlink.
* @ops: struct rtnl_link_ops * to register
*
* Returns 0 on success or a negative error code.
*/

so rtnl_link_register is rtnetlink_link_register, first hit on Google for rtnetlink is
http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/rtnetlink.7.html

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rtnetlink - Linux IPv4 routing socket

so rtnetlink_link_register is "Linux IPv4 routing socket link register"

now you try using Google it's fun.

[ShiftPlusOne]

The linux kernel is well documented and will usually have a in-source description of such functions.

Look up linux kernel linked lists to help understand the last snippet.