ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(9)

ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen(9)

bestie!! this page is from the Kernel API Manual, and it's serving kernel tunnel-device realness. okay so — ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen is literally the general initializer for all tunnel devices. no cap. ✨

🎀 NAME 🎀

ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen — general initializer for all tunnel devices

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

int ip6_tnl_dev_init_gen (struct net_device *dev );

it returns an int, bestie. that's the whole signature. 💅

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

• dev — virtual device associated with tunnel. yes, that's the tunnel's virtual device, and she is the main character of this arg list. 🫶

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

Kernel file ./net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c — that's the source-file bestie for this whole crew:

• 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_change(9)
• ip6_tnl_siocdevprivate(9)
• ip6_tnl_change_mtu(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_setup(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_fb_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_cleanup(9)

made with 🫶 from the ./net/ipv6 source/version corner, dated October 2026 — that's the cute sign-off, bestie. 💜