ovpn_dst_cache_check_key(9)

okay so this is the Kernel API Manual page for ovpn_dst_cache_check_key(9), and bestie it is a tiny function with one very specific job. no cap. 💅✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

ovpn_dst_cache_check_key — reset peer dst cache after key changes 🎀

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ovpn_dst_cache_check_key (struct ovpn_peer *peer , struct dst_cache
*cache , const struct ovpn_route_key *key );

🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• peer — the peer owning the dst cache 👑
• cache — the cache that might need to be reset 🧹
• key — the route key for the packet being transmitted 🔑

🔥 DESCRIPTION 🔥

Reset the peer dst cache if it was populated for a different route key. that's literally the whole thing: different route key? reset the cache. periodt. 💖

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/udp.c: ovpn_udp_encap_recv(9), ovpn_dst_cache_current(9), ovpn_udp4_output(9), ovpn_udp6_output(9), ovpn_udp_output(9), ovpn_udp_send_skb(9), ovpn_udp_socket_attach(9), ovpn_udp_socket_detach(9)

mwah 💋 source/version: ./drivers/net/ovpn; date: October 2026 — later bestie 🫶💜