ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify(9)

💅 ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify — the kernel API manual, bestie edition ✨

Okay so listen 🎧 this one is from the Kernel API Manual — section 9, kernel-space tea only — and it's literally called ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify. Say that five times fast, I dare you 😭

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✨ NAME ✨

ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify — notify userspace about peer being deleted 🫶

Like, the kernel is texting userspace: "hey bestie, this peer is gone, just so you know" 💌

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

int ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify (struct ovpn_peer *peer );

That's it. One argument. One int coming back at you. Iconic, honestly 👑

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• peer — the peer being deleted ✨ This is the main character of the whole function, the one getting the goodbye notification 💔

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

Returns 0 on success, or a negative error code otherwise.

So 0 = slay, all good 🎀 and negative = not slay, something went sideways 😭

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c and its whole friend group:

• ovpn_get_dev_from_attrs(9)
• ovpn_nl_peer_modify(9)
• ovpn_nl_key_new_doit(9)
• ovpn_nl_peer_float_notify(9)
• ovpn_nl_key_swap_notify(9)
• ovpn_nl_register(9)
• ovpn_nl_unregister(9)

iykyk — go read them all, they're all in the same netlink clique 💅

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okay that's the whole page, no cap 🌈 and for the cute sign-off: this lil masterpiece lives under ./drivers/net/ovpn, it's dated October 2026, and yeah, it's the ovpn_nl_peer_del_notify(9) page from the Kernel API Manual 🌸💖 bye bestie, go notify some userspace ✨