[PATCH net-next 00/15] pull request for net-next: batman-adv 2026-08-31

Dear net maintainers,

here is 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 1b78070aaef63512688aebfbc82365ef9d6660f1:

  Merge tag 'net-7.3-rc1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net (2026-08-27 13:53:43 -0700)

are available in the Git repository at:

  https://git.open-mesh.org/batadv.git tags/batadv-next-pullrequest-20260831

for you to fetch changes up to 799152bcf6cbe4393eb03690925a382cefae303c:

  batman-adv: tt: decrement count for committed client on local_remove (2026-08-30 20:05:57 +0200)

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

- dat: fix printing of unknown 4addr subtype

- drop direction in _batadv_is_ap_isolated kernel-doc

- bat_v: fix bonding candidate selection

- clarify cut-off in batadv_v_neigh_is_sob kernel-doc

- use more descriptive var names for is_similar_or_better

- ensure u16 aligned mac addresses in structs and arrays (2 patches)

- translation table (tt) fixes/cleanups, 8 patches:

  - remove only the entry which was looked up from the hash
  - extract code handling a roam on add
  - simplify NEW flag transition code
  - drop unnecessary cleanup goto in helpers
  - use protected flag modifications
  - transition NEW local entries only under lock
  - don't uncount never committed clients on pending purge
  - decrement count for committed client on local_remove

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Sven Eckelmann (15):
      batman-adv: dat: fix printing of unknown 4addr subtype
      batman-adv: drop direction in _batadv_is_ap_isolated kernel-doc
      batman-adv: bat_v: fix bonding candidate selection
      batman-adv: clarify cut-off in batadv_v_neigh_is_sob kernel-doc
      batman-adv: use more descriptive var names for is_similar_or_better
      batman-adv: ensure u16 aligned mac address arrays on stack
      batman-adv: ensure u16 aligned mac address in structs
      batman-adv: tt: remove only the entry which was looked up from the hash
      batman-adv: tt: extract code handling a roam on add
      batman-adv: tt: simplify NEW flag transition code
      batman-adv: tt: drop unnecessary cleanup goto in helpers
      batman-adv: tt: use protected flag modifications
      batman-adv: tt: transition NEW local entries only under lock
      batman-adv: tt: don't uncount never committed clients on pending purge
      batman-adv: tt: decrement count for committed client on local_remove

 net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c            |  25 +-
 net/batman-adv/bat_v.c                 |  42 +--
 net/batman-adv/bridge_loop_avoidance.c |   6 +-
 net/batman-adv/distributed-arp-table.c |  10 +-
 net/batman-adv/mesh-interface.c        |  12 +-
 net/batman-adv/multicast.c             |   6 +-
 net/batman-adv/translation-table.c     | 503 ++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 net/batman-adv/types.h                 |  49 ++--
 8 files changed, 425 insertions(+), 228 deletions(-)