ovpn_nl_register(9)

💅 ovpn_nl_register(9) — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition

okay so picture this: it's ovpn_nl_register(9), section 9 of the Kernel API Manual, and she's THE girl who handles all the registration stuff in the NL subsystem. That's it, that's the whole job. Slay. 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ovpn_nl_register — perform any needed registration in the NL subsustem

(yes bestie, "subsustem" — that's literally how it's spelled in the original, I don't make the rules, I just report them 💀)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

int ovpn_nl_register (void );

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🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

• void — no arguments. nothing. zero. the void. she takes nothing and she gives everything, main character energy fr fr ✨

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⭐ RETURN ⭐

• 0 on success 🎉
• a negative error code otherwise 😭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c, plus the whole friend group:

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

like, go read those too, they're iconic, iykyk 🫶

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and that's the vibe check bestie 💖 this one lives in ./drivers/net/ovpn, dated October 2026, and it's forever gonna be ovpn_nl_register(9) — no cap, periodt. 🌈🦋💅