Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] pppoe: remove unused kernel-mode relay support

"Arnd Bergmann" <[email protected]> Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:11:29 +0100

Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-ppp,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev
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On Wed, Feb 11, 2026, at 10:00, Qingfang Deng wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> This will lose all compat ioctl support, not just the emulation for
>> PPPOEIOCSFWD.
>
> So I should only remove the if condition while keeping the
> .compat_ioctl, is that correct?

Yes, exactly. Specifically this will keep the translation for
PPPIOCGMRU, PPPIOCSMRU, PPPIOCSFLAGS, and PPPIOCGL2TPSTATS
socket ioctls, which don't need any translation.

     Arnd