netdev - Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/2] add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels

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Date:   Thu, 10 Dec 2020 18:13:09 +0100
From:   Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
To:     Tom Parkin <tparkin@...alix.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jchapman@...alix.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 net-next 0/2] add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge
 channels

On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 03:50:56PM +0000, Tom Parkin wrote:
> 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.

Looks good to me now. Thanks Tom!

Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>