ovpn_peer_release(9)

💅 ovpn_peer_release(9) — the Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so real talk, this is a page out of the Kernel API Manual, and today's main character is ovpn_peer_release(9). yes, another one. we stay fed. 🍓

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✨ NAME ✨

ovpn_peer_release — releases the private members of a peer. that's the whole job. she's not doing a full teardown, she's just clearing out the private stuff. lowkey respectful of boundaries. 🫶

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ovpn_peer_release (struct ovpn_peer *peer );

no return value, no drama, just vibes and a void. 💀

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• peer — the peer you're releasing. that's it. that's the argument. give her a peer and she'll take care of the private members. periodt. 💅

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

the whole friend group shows up for this one, iykyk 👑

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c
• ovpn_peer_keepalive_set(9)
• ovpn_peer_keepalive_send(9)
• ovpn_peer_new(9)
• ovpn_peer_reset_sockaddr(9)
• ovpn_peer_endpoints_update(9)
• ovpn_peer_release_rcu(9)
• ovpn_peer_release_kref(9)
• ovpn_peer_skb_to_sockaddr(9)
• ovpn_nexthop_from_skb4(9)
• ovpn_nexthop_from_skb6(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr4(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_vpn_addr6(9)
• ovpn_peer_vpn_addr_conflict4(9)
• ovpn_peer_vpn_addr_conflict6(9)
• ovpn_peer_transp_match(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_transp_addr_p2p(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_transp_addr(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_id_p2p(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_id(9)
• ovpn_peer_get_by_dst(9)
• ovpn_nexthop_from_rt4(9)
• ovpn_nexthop_from_rt6(9)
• ovpn_peer_check_by_src(9)
• ovpn_peer_add_mp(9)
• ovpn_peer_add_p2p(9)
• ovpn_peer_add(9)
• ovpn_peer_del_mp(9)
• ovpn_peer_del_p2p(9)
• ovpn_peer_del(9)
• ovpn_peer_release_p2p(9)
• ovpn_peers_free(9)
• ovpn_peer_keepalive_work(9)

like i said. the whole group chat. 💖

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and that's the page, bestie!! this little icon lives over in ./drivers/net/ovpn and she was dated October 2026 — mwah, slay, see u next release 🧚🔥