ip6_tnl_change(9)

✨ NAME ✨

Okay bestie, welcome to ip6_tnl_change(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💅 This one is literally about updating tunnel parameters, and the name is not being mysterious about it.

ip6_tnl_change — update the tunnel parameters 🎀

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void ip6_tnl_change (struct ip6_tnl *t , const struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p
);

The return type is void, so no little return-value surprise is waiting for you at the end. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• t — the tunnel to be changed, aka the main character getting a little update ✨
• p — the tunnel configuration parameters, aka the vibe check values being handed over 💖

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

ip6_tnl_change updates the tunnel parameters. That is the whole description, no cap — it updates the params, and that is the task. 🔥

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💖 SEE ALSO 💖

Kernel file: ./net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c 👑

The whole squad, in the exact order the page lists them:

• ip6_tnl_lookup(9)
• ip6_tnl_bucket(9)
• ip6_tnl_link(9)
• ip6_tnl_unlink(9)
• ip6_tnl_create(9)
• ip6_tnl_locate(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_uninit(9)
• ip6_tnl_parse_tlv_enc_lim(9)
• ip6_tnl_addr_conflict(9)
• ip6_tnl_xmit(9)
• ip6_tnl_siocdevprivate(9)
• ip6_tnl_change_mtu(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_setup(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_fb_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_cleanup(9)

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xoxo, your kernel bestie 💜 this page is sourced from ./net/ipv6, dated October 2026, and it lives in the Kernel API Manual as ip6_tnl_change(9) 🌈