ovs_vport_del(9)

💖 ovs_vport_del(9) 💖

okay bestie, this is the ovs_vport_del(9) page from the Kernel API Manual, and it’s giving “cleanup era” energy ✨

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✨ NAME ✨

ovs_vport_del — delete existing vport device

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

void ovs_vport_del (struct vport *vport );

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🎀 ARGUMENTS 🎀

• vport — the vport to delete. that’s the whole vibe 🫶

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so ovs_vport_del detaches vport from its datapath and destroys it. literally its whole job 💅

ovs_mutex must be held. no cap, that part is important 😭

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🫶 SEE ALSO 🫶

Kernel file ./net/openvswitch/vport.c and these icons:

• ovs_vport_init(9)
• ovs_vport_exit(9)
• ovs_vport_locate(9)
• ovs_vport_alloc(9)
• ovs_vport_free(9)
• ovs_vport_add(9)
• ovs_vport_get_stats(9)
• ovs_vport_get_upcall_stats(9)
• ovs_vport_set_upcall_portids(9)
• ovs_vport_get_upcall_portids(9)
• ovs_vport_find_upcall_portid(9)
• ovs_vport_receive(9)

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mwah 💋 this one’s from source/version ./net/openvswitch, dated October 2026 — ovs_vport_del(9), signing off 💖