nft_pipapo_remove(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 nft_pipapo_remove(9) — like, the Kernel API Manual page, bestie 🎀

Okay so this is nft_pipapo_remove from the Kernel API Manual — yes, the whole page is literally named after the function, we love a title-drop moment ✨

✨ NAME ✨

nft_pipapo_remove — remove an element given its key, then commit 🫶

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void nft_pipapo_remove (const struct net *net , const struct nft_set
*set , struct nft_elem_priv *elem_priv );

That's the whole signature, no cap. void return, three args, go off 👑

🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

  • net — the network namespace. Like, the whole vibe-container this is happening inside 💜
  • set — the nftables API set representation. The set. The main character 🔥
  • elem_priv — the nftables API element representation that's carrying the key data. It's giving "I know the key" energy 🗝️

🧚 DESCRIPTION 🧚

So, similarly to nft_pipapo_activate, this function gets used as a commit operation by the API — but here's the twist: it's called once per element in the pending transaction. Which means we literally cannot implement it as a single commit operation, bestie, it's just not that kind of function 😭

The closest we can get is to remove the matched element right here, if there is one, and then commit the updated matching data. That's the assignment, and it ate 💅

Fr fr though — "if any" is doing real work in that sentence. No matched element, no removal. Don't come for me, that's just what the page says 🙈

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Okay this list is long and honestly iconic, here we go, every single one 👑:

And that's the page, periodt 🫶 sourced from ./net/netfilter under the Kernel API Manual, dated October 2026 — mwah, thanks for reading bestie, ily, go remove some elements 💖✨🍓

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