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* [RFC net-next 1/3] ppp: use file.dead to check channel unregistration
@ 2026-04-16  8:26 Qingfang Deng
  2026-04-16  8:26 ` [RFC net-next 2/3] ppp: unify two channel structs Qingfang Deng
  2026-04-16  8:26 ` [RFC net-next 3/3] docs: update ppp_generic.rst for API changes Qingfang Deng
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Qingfang Deng @ 2026-04-16  8:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Andrew Lunn, David S. Miller, Eric Dumazet, Jakub Kicinski,
	Paolo Abeni, Qingfang Deng, Breno Leitao,
	Sebastian Andrzej Siewior, Kuniyuki Iwashima, Kees Cook,
	linux-ppp, netdev, linux-kernel
  Cc: Paul Mackerras, Jaco Kroon, James Carlson

Currently, ppp_generic checks if pch->chan is NULL to determine if a
channel is being unregistered. However, struct ppp_file already has a
'dead' flag for this purpose, which is used by ppp units and other
parts of the driver.

Switch all pch->chan NULL checks to pch->file.dead checks. In
ppp_unregister_channel, move the setting of pch->file.dead inside the
locked section to ensure atomicity and remove the now redundant
pch->chan = NULL assignment.

This is a preparation to eventually unify 'struct ppp_channel' and
'struct channel' into a single struct.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
---
 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c | 11 +++++------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index b0d3bc49c685..fd2889e374c9 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -790,7 +790,7 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			down_read(&pch->chan_sem);
 			chan = pch->chan;
 			err = -ENOTTY;
-			if (chan && chan->ops->ioctl)
+			if (!pch->file.dead && chan->ops->ioctl)
 				err = chan->ops->ioctl(chan, cmd, arg);
 			up_read(&pch->chan_sem);
 		}
@@ -2167,7 +2167,7 @@ static void __ppp_channel_push(struct channel *pch, struct ppp *ppp)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	spin_lock(&pch->downl);
-	if (pch->chan) {
+	if (!pch->file.dead) {
 		while (!skb_queue_empty(&pch->file.xq)) {
 			skb = skb_dequeue(&pch->file.xq);
 			if (!pch->chan->ops->start_xmit(pch->chan, skb)) {
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ static bool ppp_channel_bridge_input(struct channel *pch, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto out_rcu;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&pchb->downl);
-	if (!pchb->chan) {
+	if (pchb->file.dead) {
 		/* channel got unregistered */
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		goto outl;
@@ -3002,7 +3002,7 @@ ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *chan)
 	ppp_disconnect_channel(pch);
 	down_write(&pch->chan_sem);
 	spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl);
-	pch->chan = NULL;
+	pch->file.dead = 1;
 	spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl);
 	up_write(&pch->chan_sem);
 
@@ -3013,7 +3013,6 @@ ppp_unregister_channel(struct ppp_channel *chan)
 
 	ppp_unbridge_channels(pch);
 
-	pch->file.dead = 1;
 	wake_up_interruptible(&pch->file.rwait);
 
 	ppp_release_channel(pch);
@@ -3505,7 +3504,7 @@ ppp_connect_channel(struct channel *pch, int unit)
 
 	ppp_lock(ppp);
 	spin_lock_bh(&pch->downl);
-	if (!pch->chan) {
+	if (pch->file.dead) {
 		/* Don't connect unregistered channels */
 		spin_unlock_bh(&pch->downl);
 		ppp_unlock(ppp);
-- 
2.43.0


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