ip6_tnl_unlink(9)

okay so bestie, welcome to ip6_tnl_unlink(9) from the Kernel API Manual 💖 this is the little kernel moment that removes a tunnel from the hash table — no cap, that’s the whole NAME energy. It’s giving “bye-bye tunnel, you’re unlinked now” ✨ and honestly? lowkey iconic, highkey useful, fr fr.

💅 NAME 💅

ip6_tnl_unlink — remove tunnel from hash table 🎀

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ip6_tnl_unlink (struct ip6_tnl_net *ip6n , struct ip6_tnl *t );

It returns void, so there’s no return value to obsess over — periodt 💅

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ip6n — the private data for ip6_vti in the netns 🌸
• t — tunnel to be removed 🦋

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.c — the source file where this lives, iykyk 👑

• ip6_tnl_lookup(9)
• ip6_tnl_bucket(9)
• ip6_tnl_link(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_gen(9)
• ip6_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_fb_tnl_dev_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_init(9)
• ip6_tunnel_cleanup(9)

that’s the whole page, bestie — the source/version is ./net/ipv6 and the date on this one is October 2026. Take that cute timestamp and go slay your kernel reading 💖🫶🎀