| Message ID | 20201201115250.6381-1-tparkin@katalix.com (mailing list archive) |
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| Series | add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels | expand |
On 01/12/2020 11:52, Tom Parkin wrote: > 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: > > 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. > > Tom Parkin (2): > ppp: add PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN and PPPIOCUNBRIDGECHAN ioctls > docs: update ppp_generic.rst to document new ioctls > > Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst | 9 ++ > drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++- > include/uapi/linux/ppp-ioctl.h | 2 + > 3 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > Reviewed-by: James Chapman <jchapman@katalix.com>
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: 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. Tom Parkin (2): ppp: add PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN and PPPIOCUNBRIDGECHAN ioctls docs: update ppp_generic.rst to document new ioctls Documentation/networking/ppp_generic.rst | 9 ++ drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 143 ++++++++++++++++++++++- include/uapi/linux/ppp-ioctl.h | 2 + 3 files changed, 152 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)