ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr4(9)

📦 version 7.3.1, in nixpkgs unstable

💅 ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr4(9) — the Kernel API Manual glow-up ✨

okay so bestie, welcome to ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr4(9), like the actual manual page, except now it's fun to read 🫶. it lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's genuinely so useful, i promise. let's get into it 🌸

🎀 NAME 🎀

ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr4 — retrieve a peer by its VPN IPv4 address. that's it. that's the whole vibe. iconic behavior honestly 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

struct ovpn_peer * ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr4 (struct ovpn_priv *ovpn ,
__be32 addr );

look at that signature. so clean. so cunty. no cap 💖

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • ovpn — the openvpn instance you wanna search, like your search party headquarters 👑
  • addr — the VPN IPv4 address you're using as a search key, i.e. the thing you're looking for 🔍

💀 DESCRIPTION 💀

okay so this is the part where i need you to pay attention, bestie, because it's important 🙈

the refcounter is not increased for the returned peer. like, not even a little. it stays exactly where it is. so don't go assuming you've got a nice safe reference to hold onto, because you don't. it's giving "borrowed, not owned" energy 😭

that's literally the whole description. short and iconic, periodt ✨

🌈 RETURN 🌈

  • the peer, if it's found 💖
  • NULL otherwise 🙈

slay. simple. no drama.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

so many friends in the kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c, and here they all are, no gatekeeping, iykyk 🧚:

and that's the whole page, bestie!! 🎀 this came out of ./drivers/net/ovpn with an October 2026 date on it, so like, shoutout to the source and the version for making this little moment possible 💖 go forth and find your peers, main character 🌟

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