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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2020-12-11 00:57:36 +0300 |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2020-12-11 00:58:49 +0300 |
commit | 91163f82143630a9629a8bf0227d49173697c69c (patch) | |
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Merge branch 'add-ppp_generic-ioctls-to-bridge-channels'
Tom Parkin says:
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add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels
Following on from my previous RFC[1], this series adds two ioctl calls
to the ppp code to implement "channel bridging".
When two ppp channels are bridged, frames presented to ppp_input() on
one channel are passed to the other channel's ->start_xmit function for
transmission.
The primary use-case for this functionality is in an L2TP Access
Concentrator where PPP frames are typically presented in a PPPoE session
(e.g. from a home broadband user) and are forwarded to the ISP network in
a PPPoL2TP session.
The two new ioctls, PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN and PPPIOCUNBRIDGECHAN form a
symmetric pair.
Userspace code testing and illustrating use of the ioctl calls is
available in the go-l2tp[2] and l2tp-ktest[3] repositories.
[1]. Previous RFC series:
https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201106181647.16358-1-tparkin@katalix.com/
[2]. go-l2tp: a Go library for building L2TP applications on Linux
systems. Support for the PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN ioctl is on a branch:
https://github.com/katalix/go-l2tp/tree/tp_002_pppoe_2
[3]. l2tp-ktest: a test suite for the Linux Kernel L2TP subsystem.
Support for the PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN ioctl is on a branch:
https://github.com/katalix/l2tp-ktest/tree/tp_ac_pppoe_tests_2
Changelog:
v4:
* Fix NULL-pointer access in PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN in the case that the
ID of the channel to be bridged wasn't found.
* Add comment in ppp_unbridge_channels to better document the
unbridge process.
v3:
* Use rcu_dereference_protected for accessing struct channel
'bridge' field during updates with lock 'upl' held.
* Avoid race in ppp_unbridge_channels by ensuring that each channel
in the bridge points to it's peer before decrementing refcounts.
v2:
* Add missing __rcu annotation to struct channel 'bridge' field in
order to squash a sparse warning from a C=1 build
* Integrate review comments from gnault@redhat.com
* Have ppp_unbridge_channels return -EINVAL if the channel isn't
part of a bridge: this better aligns with the return code from
ppp_disconnect_channel.
* Improve docs update by including information on ioctl arguments
and error return codes.
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Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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