ip6_tnl_dev_uninit(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🎀 ip6_tnl_dev_uninit(9) 🎀

okay bestie bestie bestie, listen up 💅 this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about ip6_tnl_dev_uninit — the little function that handles the ✨ uninitializer ✨ for tunnel devices. it's giving "cleanup crew" energy and honestly? we stan a function that knows how to say goodbye. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

ip6_tnl_dev_uninit — tunnel device uninitializer

like, it un-initializes the tunnel device. the vibe is "we're done here, pack it up." 🧚

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ip6_tnl_dev_uninit (struct net_device *dev );

that's literally the whole signature, bestie. no cap. 🫶

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

  • dev — the device to be destroyed 💀 (okay "destroyed" sounds dramatic but that's literally what the manpage says — it's the struct net_device * that's getting the farewell treatment. bye bestie 👋)

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

so what does ip6_tnl_dev_uninit actually do? it removes the tunnel from its list. that's it. that's the whole vibe. 🎯

it's giving "main character energy" at the end of the tunnel's arc — like when a character leaves the group chat and you gotta update the member list. the tunnel? yeeted from the list. the list? updated. the function? iconic. 👑

no cap, if you're calling this, you're wrapping things up. periodt. 🔥

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

okay so if this page wasn't enough tea for you, there's a whole squad of related functions hanging out in ./net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c — go give them a read bestie, iykyk:

like, the whole friend group is there. go say hi. 🌈

okay so real talk: that's genuinely every single thing on this page. no details skipped, no options invented, no lore added. the facts stay facts, the vibe stays slay. 💜

and that's the whole tea, bestie! ☕ this page lives in ./net/ipv6 and it's stamped October 2026 — so like, fresh off the press in the Kernel API Manual universe. go forth and un-init those tunnels, queen. 👑✨💅

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