STRUCT OVPN_BIND(9)

💖 struct ovpn_bind(9) 💖

okay so real talk — this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's all about struct ovpn_bind, which is basically the remote peer binding glow-up. it's the lil data structure that remembers who your peer is and how you're reaching them. bestie, it's giving "address book entry but make it kernel" 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

struct ovpn_bind — remote peer binding 🫶

like, the whole point is binding a peer to a remote address. iconic behavior, no cap.

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

here's the whole thing, verbatim, don't @ me:

struct ovpn_bind {
    union ovpn_sockaddr remote;
    union {
      struct in_addr ipv4;
      struct in6_addr ipv6;
    } local;
    struct rcu_head rcu;
 };

that's it. that's the struct. lowkey gorgeous 💅

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🦋 Members 🦋

• remote — the remote peer sockaddress. this is the main character right here — where your peer lives, address-wise ✨
• local — the local endpoint used to talk to the peer. like, the whole "this is the address I'm calling from" vibe 💖
  • local.ipv4 — local IPv4 used to talk to the peer. classic, reliable, still slaying 🌈
  • local.ipv6 — local IPv6 used to talk to the peer. futuristic queen behavior 👑
• rcu — used to schedule RCU cleanup job. not the fun one, but somebody's gotta do the cleanup 🧹 it's giving "designated driver of the struct"

fr fr, local is a union holding either local.ipv4 or local.ipv6 — pick your fighter, not both 💀

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💜 SEE ALSO 💜

go read these next, iykwim:

• Kernel file ./drivers/net/ovpn/bind.h — literally the home of all this, go look
• union ovpn_sockaddr(9) — the union doing the sockaddr thing
• ovpn_bind_skb_src_match(9) — the friend that checks if the skb source matches 🫶

periodt. that's the whole page. go forth and bind responsibly 🦋

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and that's a wrap, bestie! 🌸 this one lives in ./drivers/net/ovpn, dated October 2026, and the page itself is struct ovpn_bind(9) — mwah, go read the source, it's right there 😭💖