Re: [PATCH RFC net-next v2] pppoe: remove kernel-mode relay support
"Arnd Bergmann" <[email protected]> Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:11:05 +0100
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-ppp,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.netdev |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Fri, Feb 13, 2026, at 10:16, Qingfang Deng wrote: > The kernel-mode PPPoE relay feature and its two associated ioctls > (PPPOEIOCSFWD and PPPOEIOCDFWD) are not used by any existing userspace > PPPoE implementations. The most commonly-used package, RP-PPPoE [1], > handles the relaying entirely in userspace. > > This legacy code has remained in the driver since its introduction in > kernel 2.3.99-pre7 for over two decades, but has served no practical > purpose. > > Remove the unused relay code. > > [1] https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/rp-pppoe/ > > Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <[email protected]> > --- > v1: restore .compat_ioctl > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-ppp/[email protected]/ Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <[email protected]>