net_failover_destroy(9)

💖 net_failover_destroy(9) 💖

okay so this is the page for net_failover_destroy, straight out of the Kernel API Manual, and it’s literally about destroying a failover instance. bestie, we’re doing cleanup. 💅

✨ NAME ✨

net_failover_destroy — Destroy a failover instance. no cap, that’s the whole vibe. 🎀

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

void net_failover_destroy (struct failover *failover );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• failover — pointer to failover instance. that’s the one and only argument, bestie. 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so here’s the tea: this function unregisters any slave netdevs associated with the failover instance by calling failover_slave_unregister. then it unregisters the failover instance itself and finally frees the failover netdev. it’s used by paravirtual drivers that use the 3-netdev model. that’s the whole cleanup arc — iconic, honestly. ✨

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

go peek at these besties for the bigger picture:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/net_failover.c
• net_failover_create(9)

made with 🫶 from ./drivers/net (source/version), dated October 2026, for net_failover_destroy(9). periodt. 💜