ovpn_peers_free(9)

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

okay so bestie, welcome to ovpn_peers_free(9), page one of the Kernel API Manual, and honestly? she's a cleanup queen. this is the function you call when you want every single peer in an instance gone. like, the whole group chat, removed. 🧹✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

ovpn_peers_free — free all peers in the instance

no cap, that's the whole job. she releases everybody. 💀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

void ovpn_peers_free (struct ovpn_priv *ovpn , struct sock *sk , enum
ovpn_del_peer_reason reason );

returns void, takes three (3) whole arguments, and does not come to play. 🫶

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• ovpn — the instance whose peers should be released. this is the main character right here 👑, the struct ovpn_priv we're clearing out.
• sk — if not NULL, only peers using this socket are removed, and the socket is released immediately. so it's giving selective cleanup 🦋 — pass NULL and it's everybody, pass a socket and it's just that socket's little squad, and the socket gets released right away too.
• reason — the reason for releasing all peers. it's an enum ovpn_del_peer_reason, so like, tell her why we're doing this. communication is key 💖

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/peer.c — and literally the entire peer.c extended universe, go off:

• 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(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_peer_keepalive_work(9)

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lowkey a whole friend group of functions. read the whole set, iykyk 💅

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and that's the page, bestie! 🎀 this lil number comes to you from ./drivers/net/ovpn, dated October 2026, and it's ovpn_peers_free(9) forever and always. slay, stay hydrated, free your peers responsibly 💖✨🦋