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

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Message-ID: <CALW65ja3sumAh3uzD3W=n=3Rk0J7EDtcpbvdaG6+F2y2dFUp2Q@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:00:12 +0800
From: Qingfang Deng <dqfext@...il.com>
To: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Cc: linux-ppp@...r.kernel.org, rp-pppoe@...ts.skoll.ca, 
	Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@...n.ch>, "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, 
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, 
	James Chapman <jchapman@...alix.com>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Michal Ostrowski <mostrows@...il.com>, 
	Dianne Skoll <dianne@...ll.ca>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@...abs.org>, Jaco Kroon <jaco@....co.za>, 
	James Carlson <carlsonj@...kingcode.com>, Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC net-next] pppoe: remove unused kernel-mode relay support

On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 4:41 PM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de> 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?

>
>       Arnd