netdev - [PATCH v3 net-next 0/2] add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels

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Message-Id: <20201204163656.1623-1-tparkin@katalix.com>
Date:   Fri,  4 Dec 2020 16:36:54 +0000
From:   Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     gnault@...hat.com, jchapman@...alix.com,
        Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/2] add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels

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:

v3:
    * Use rcu_dereference_protected for accessing struct channel
      'bridge' field during updates with lock 'upl' held.
    * Avoid race in ppp_unbridge_channels by ensuring that each channel
      in the bridge points to it's peer before decrementing refcounts.

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@...hat.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 |  16 +++
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c            | 145 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 include/uapi/linux/ppp-ioctl.h           |   2 +
 3 files changed, 160 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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