ovpn_peer_check_by_src(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

🌸 ovpn_peer_check_by_src — NAME 🌸

okay so bestie, welcome to the ovpn_peer_check_by_src(9) page (yes, section 9, kernel API manual, we're in the Big Leagues now 💅). this one's whole job: check that skb source is routed via peer. that's it. that's the function. she's a little vibe-checker for packets ✨

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

bool ovpn_peer_check_by_src (struct ovpn_priv *ovpn , struct sk_buff
*skb , struct ovpn_peer *peer );

💖 ARGUMENTS 💖

three besties walk into a function, and they are:

  • ovpn — the openvpn instance to search 🔍 — like, the whole world she's gonna go rummaging around in
  • skb — the packet to extract source address from 📦 — we're pulling the source addr out of this baby
  • peer — the peer to check against the source address 👀 — the one getting compared, no cap

🎀 RETURN 🎀

true if the peer is matching 💚 — or false otherwise 🙈. that's the whole report card, two options, no in-between, periodt.

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

bestie there are SO many cousins, the whole family tree is here, and the kernel file she lives in is ./drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c 🫶 — go say hi to:

and that's the page, bestie!! 💜 she lives under ./drivers/net/ovpn in the Kernel source, dated October 2026, and her whole name-and-number is ovpn_peer_check_by_src(9) — go forth and vibe-check those packets, i believe in you 🧚✨👑

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