netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] ppp: Remove PPPOX

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Date:	Fri, 20 Nov 2015 11:31:43 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	g.nault@...halink.fr
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, mostrows@...thlink.net, simon@...nz.org.uk
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/2] ppp: Remove PPPOX_ZOMBIE socket state

From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@...halink.fr>
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 12:52:30 +0100

> Several issues have been found lately wrt. the PPPOX_ZOMBIE socket
> state. This state is now only set upon reception of a PADT to stop
> further transmissions. However this is redundant with the PADT
> workqueue mechanism introduced by 287f3a943fef ("pppoe: Use workqueue
> to die properly when a PADT is received").
> 
> We can thus simplify pppox socket state handling by getting rid of
> PPPOX_ZOMBIE entirely.

Nice, applied to net-next, thanks!
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