ovpn_socket_put(9)

💅 ovpn_socket_put — Kernel API Manual, bestie edition ✨

okay so this is ovpn_socket_put(9), straight out of the kernel API manual, and it's lowkey one of those tiny functions that keeps everything from falling apart. it's giving "small but mighty" 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

ovpn_socket_put — decrease reference counter

like, that's the whole job. it decrements a refcount. no cap. 🦋

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

bool ovpn_socket_put (struct ovpn_peer *peer , struct ovpn_socket *sock
);

🫶 ARGUMENTS 🫶

• peer — the peer whose socket reference counter should be decreased 👑 this is the main character, the one holding the refcount we're about to knock down a peg
• sock — the RCU protected peer socket 💜 yes, RCU protected, so mind your manners around it

💖 DESCRIPTION 💖

okay so real talk: this function is only used internally 🙈 it's not for you, it's for the kernel's own business. it's the backstage crew, not the opening act.

so if you're a user who's willing to release references to the ovpn_socket, do not just grab this one — you should use ovpn_socket_release instead. periodt. that's the public-facing bestie, this one is the internal one. iykyk 💅

🔥 RETURN 🔥

• true — if the socket was released 🎉 ate
• false — otherwise 💀

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/socket.c — the source, go read it, it's iconic ✨
• ovpn_socket_release(9) — the one you actually want if you're a user 🫶
• ovpn_socket_new(9) — where sockets come from 🌱

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ngl bestie, if you take one thing from this page: internal function, don't touch, use ovpn_socket_release instead 💅

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and that's the vibe check ✅ this page lives in ./drivers/net/ovpn, dated October 2026, and it's ovpn_socket_put(9) all day every day. slay, go decrement those refcounts responsibly 🧚💜