ovpn: add basic netlink support

This commit introduces basic netlink support with family
registration/unregistration functionalities and stub pre/post-doit.

More importantly it introduces the YAML uAPI description along
with its auto-generated files:
- include/uapi/linux/ovpn.h
- drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.c
- drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.h

Reviewed-by: Donald Hunter <donald.hunter@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20250415-b4-ovpn-v26-2-577f6097b964@openvpn.net
Reviewed-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@queasysnail.net>
Tested-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@natalenko.name>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>

8 files changed, 497 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile b/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile
index 876800ebaa21..75ac62bba029 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_OVPN) := ovpn.o
 ovpn-y += main.o
+ovpn-y += netlink.o
+ovpn-y += netlink-gen.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
index d5d4ac8da6d7..719cac3db6ef 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.c
@@ -7,9 +7,29 @@
  *		James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
  */
 
+#include <linux/genetlink.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <net/rtnetlink.h>
+#include <uapi/linux/ovpn.h>
+
+#include "ovpnpriv.h"
+#include "main.h"
+#include "netlink.h"
+
+static const struct net_device_ops ovpn_netdev_ops = {
+};
+
+/**
+ * ovpn_dev_is_valid - check if the netdevice is of type 'ovpn'
+ * @dev: the interface to check
+ *
+ * Return: whether the netdevice is of type 'ovpn'
+ */
+bool ovpn_dev_is_valid(const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	return dev->netdev_ops == &ovpn_netdev_ops;
+}
 
 static int ovpn_newlink(struct net_device *dev,
 			struct rtnl_newlink_params *params,
@@ -34,11 +54,22 @@ static int __init ovpn_init(void)
 		return err;
 	}
 
+	err = ovpn_nl_register();
+	if (err) {
+		pr_err("ovpn: can't register netlink family: %d\n", err);
+		goto unreg_rtnl;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
+
+unreg_rtnl:
+	rtnl_link_unregister(&ovpn_link_ops);
+	return err;
 }
 
 static __exit void ovpn_cleanup(void)
 {
+	ovpn_nl_unregister();
 	rtnl_link_unregister(&ovpn_link_ops);
 
 	rcu_barrier();
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/main.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..017cd0100765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/main.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*  OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020-2025 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author:	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_OVPN_MAIN_H_
+#define _NET_OVPN_MAIN_H_
+
+bool ovpn_dev_is_valid(const struct net_device *dev);
+
+#endif /* _NET_OVPN_MAIN_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..58e1a4342378
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.c
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause)
+/* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
+/*	Documentation/netlink/specs/ovpn.yaml */
+/* YNL-GEN kernel source */
+
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
+#include "netlink-gen.h"
+
+#include <uapi/linux/ovpn.h>
+
+/* Integer value ranges */
+static const struct netlink_range_validation ovpn_a_peer_id_range = {
+	.max	= 16777215ULL,
+};
+
+static const struct netlink_range_validation ovpn_a_keyconf_peer_id_range = {
+	.max	= 16777215ULL,
+};
+
+/* Common nested types */
+const struct nla_policy ovpn_keyconf_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_DECRYPT_DIR + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_PEER_ID] = NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE(NLA_U32, &ovpn_a_keyconf_peer_id_range),
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_SLOT] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 1),
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_KEY_ID] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 7),
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_CIPHER_ALG] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 2),
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_ENCRYPT_DIR] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_keydir_nl_policy),
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_DECRYPT_DIR] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_keydir_nl_policy),
+};
+
+const struct nla_policy ovpn_keydir_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYDIR_NONCE_TAIL + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_KEYDIR_CIPHER_KEY] = NLA_POLICY_MAX_LEN(256),
+	[OVPN_A_KEYDIR_NONCE_TAIL] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(OVPN_NONCE_TAIL_SIZE),
+};
+
+const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_nl_policy[OVPN_A_PEER_LINK_TX_PACKETS + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_ID] = NLA_POLICY_FULL_RANGE(NLA_U32, &ovpn_a_peer_id_range),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV4] = { .type = NLA_BE32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV6] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(16),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_IPV6_SCOPE_ID] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_REMOTE_PORT] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_BE16, 1),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_SOCKET] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_SOCKET_NETNSID] = { .type = NLA_S32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_VPN_IPV4] = { .type = NLA_BE32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_VPN_IPV6] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(16),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LOCAL_IPV4] = { .type = NLA_BE32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LOCAL_IPV6] = NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(16),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LOCAL_PORT] = NLA_POLICY_MIN(NLA_BE16, 1),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_KEEPALIVE_INTERVAL] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_KEEPALIVE_TIMEOUT] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_DEL_REASON] = NLA_POLICY_MAX(NLA_U32, 4),
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_VPN_RX_BYTES] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_VPN_TX_BYTES] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_VPN_RX_PACKETS] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_VPN_TX_PACKETS] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LINK_RX_BYTES] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LINK_TX_BYTES] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LINK_RX_PACKETS] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER_LINK_TX_PACKETS] = { .type = NLA_UINT, },
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_PEER_NEW - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_new_nl_policy[OVPN_A_PEER + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_peer_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_PEER_SET - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_set_nl_policy[OVPN_A_PEER + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_peer_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_PEER_GET - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_get_do_nl_policy[OVPN_A_PEER + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_peer_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_PEER_GET - dump */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_get_dump_nl_policy[OVPN_A_IFINDEX + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_PEER_DEL - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_del_nl_policy[OVPN_A_PEER + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_PEER] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_peer_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_KEY_NEW - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_key_new_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYCONF + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_keyconf_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_KEY_GET - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_key_get_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYCONF + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_keyconf_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_KEY_SWAP - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_key_swap_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYCONF + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_keyconf_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* OVPN_CMD_KEY_DEL - do */
+static const struct nla_policy ovpn_key_del_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYCONF + 1] = {
+	[OVPN_A_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32, },
+	[OVPN_A_KEYCONF] = NLA_POLICY_NESTED(ovpn_keyconf_nl_policy),
+};
+
+/* Ops table for ovpn */
+static const struct genl_split_ops ovpn_nl_ops[] = {
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_PEER_NEW,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_peer_new_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_peer_new_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_PEER,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_PEER_SET,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_peer_set_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_peer_set_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_PEER,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_PEER_GET,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_peer_get_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_peer_get_do_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_PEER,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_PEER_GET,
+		.dumpit		= ovpn_nl_peer_get_dumpit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_peer_get_dump_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_IFINDEX,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_PEER_DEL,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_peer_del_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_peer_del_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_PEER,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_KEY_NEW,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_key_new_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_key_new_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_KEYCONF,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_KEY_GET,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_key_get_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_key_get_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_KEYCONF,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_KEY_SWAP,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_key_swap_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_key_swap_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_KEYCONF,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+	{
+		.cmd		= OVPN_CMD_KEY_DEL,
+		.pre_doit	= ovpn_nl_pre_doit,
+		.doit		= ovpn_nl_key_del_doit,
+		.post_doit	= ovpn_nl_post_doit,
+		.policy		= ovpn_key_del_nl_policy,
+		.maxattr	= OVPN_A_KEYCONF,
+		.flags		= GENL_ADMIN_PERM | GENL_CMD_CAP_DO,
+	},
+};
+
+static const struct genl_multicast_group ovpn_nl_mcgrps[] = {
+	[OVPN_NLGRP_PEERS] = { "peers", },
+};
+
+struct genl_family ovpn_nl_family __ro_after_init = {
+	.name		= OVPN_FAMILY_NAME,
+	.version	= OVPN_FAMILY_VERSION,
+	.netnsok	= true,
+	.parallel_ops	= true,
+	.module		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.split_ops	= ovpn_nl_ops,
+	.n_split_ops	= ARRAY_SIZE(ovpn_nl_ops),
+	.mcgrps		= ovpn_nl_mcgrps,
+	.n_mcgrps	= ARRAY_SIZE(ovpn_nl_mcgrps),
+};
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..66a4e4a0a055
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink-gen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: ((GPL-2.0 WITH Linux-syscall-note) OR BSD-3-Clause) */
+/* Do not edit directly, auto-generated from: */
+/*	Documentation/netlink/specs/ovpn.yaml */
+/* YNL-GEN kernel header */
+
+#ifndef _LINUX_OVPN_GEN_H
+#define _LINUX_OVPN_GEN_H
+
+#include <net/netlink.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/ovpn.h>
+
+/* Common nested types */
+extern const struct nla_policy ovpn_keyconf_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYCONF_DECRYPT_DIR + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ovpn_keydir_nl_policy[OVPN_A_KEYDIR_NONCE_TAIL + 1];
+extern const struct nla_policy ovpn_peer_nl_policy[OVPN_A_PEER_LINK_TX_PACKETS + 1];
+
+int ovpn_nl_pre_doit(const struct genl_split_ops *ops, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		     struct genl_info *info);
+void
+ovpn_nl_post_doit(const struct genl_split_ops *ops, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		  struct genl_info *info);
+
+int ovpn_nl_peer_new_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_peer_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_peer_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_peer_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
+int ovpn_nl_peer_del_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_key_new_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_key_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_key_swap_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int ovpn_nl_key_del_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+
+enum {
+	OVPN_NLGRP_PEERS,
+};
+
+extern struct genl_family ovpn_nl_family;
+
+#endif /* _LINUX_OVPN_GEN_H */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d267d4c8228
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.c
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*  OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020-2025 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author:	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#include <linux/netdevice.h>
+#include <net/genetlink.h>
+
+#include <uapi/linux/ovpn.h>
+
+#include "ovpnpriv.h"
+#include "main.h"
+#include "netlink.h"
+#include "netlink-gen.h"
+
+MODULE_ALIAS_GENL_FAMILY(OVPN_FAMILY_NAME);
+
+/**
+ * ovpn_get_dev_from_attrs - retrieve the ovpn private data from the netdevice
+ *			     a netlink message is targeting
+ * @net: network namespace where to look for the interface
+ * @info: generic netlink info from the user request
+ * @tracker: tracker object to be used for the netdev reference acquisition
+ *
+ * Return: the ovpn private data, if found, or an error otherwise
+ */
+static struct ovpn_priv *
+ovpn_get_dev_from_attrs(struct net *net, const struct genl_info *info,
+			netdevice_tracker *tracker)
+{
+	struct ovpn_priv *ovpn;
+	struct net_device *dev;
+	int ifindex;
+
+	if (GENL_REQ_ATTR_CHECK(info, OVPN_A_IFINDEX))
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	ifindex = nla_get_u32(info->attrs[OVPN_A_IFINDEX]);
+
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(net, ifindex);
+	if (!dev) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack,
+				   "ifindex does not match any interface");
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
+	}
+
+	if (!ovpn_dev_is_valid(dev)) {
+		rcu_read_unlock();
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack,
+				   "specified interface is not ovpn");
+		NL_SET_BAD_ATTR(info->extack, info->attrs[OVPN_A_IFINDEX]);
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+	}
+
+	ovpn = netdev_priv(dev);
+	netdev_hold(dev, tracker, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
+
+	return ovpn;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_pre_doit(const struct genl_split_ops *ops, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		     struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	netdevice_tracker *tracker = (netdevice_tracker *)&info->user_ptr[1];
+	struct ovpn_priv *ovpn = ovpn_get_dev_from_attrs(genl_info_net(info),
+							 info, tracker);
+
+	if (IS_ERR(ovpn))
+		return PTR_ERR(ovpn);
+
+	info->user_ptr[0] = ovpn;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void ovpn_nl_post_doit(const struct genl_split_ops *ops, struct sk_buff *skb,
+		       struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	netdevice_tracker *tracker = (netdevice_tracker *)&info->user_ptr[1];
+	struct ovpn_priv *ovpn = info->user_ptr[0];
+
+	if (ovpn)
+		netdev_put(ovpn->dev, tracker);
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_peer_new_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_peer_set_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_peer_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_peer_get_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_peer_del_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_key_new_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_key_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_key_swap_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+int ovpn_nl_key_del_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ovpn_nl_register - perform any needed registration in the NL subsustem
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise
+ */
+int __init ovpn_nl_register(void)
+{
+	int ret = genl_register_family(&ovpn_nl_family);
+
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("ovpn: genl_register_family failed: %d\n", ret);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ovpn_nl_unregister - undo any module wide netlink registration
+ */
+void ovpn_nl_unregister(void)
+{
+	genl_unregister_family(&ovpn_nl_family);
+}
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d6c34e17082
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/netlink.h
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*  OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2020-2025 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author:	Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_OVPN_NETLINK_H_
+#define _NET_OVPN_NETLINK_H_
+
+int ovpn_nl_register(void);
+void ovpn_nl_unregister(void);
+
+#endif /* _NET_OVPN_NETLINK_H_ */
diff --git a/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h b/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9322536b06d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/ovpn/ovpnpriv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only */
+/*  OpenVPN data channel offload
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2019-2025 OpenVPN, Inc.
+ *
+ *  Author:	James Yonan <james@openvpn.net>
+ *		Antonio Quartulli <antonio@openvpn.net>
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NET_OVPN_OVPNSTRUCT_H_
+#define _NET_OVPN_OVPNSTRUCT_H_
+
+/**
+ * struct ovpn_priv - per ovpn interface state
+ * @dev: the actual netdev representing the tunnel
+ */
+struct ovpn_priv {
+	struct net_device *dev;
+};
+
+#endif /* _NET_OVPN_OVPNSTRUCT_H_ */