From: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
To: Andrew Lunn <andrew+netdev@lunn.ch>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>,
Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>,
Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>,
Kuniyuki Iwashima <kuniyu@google.com>,
Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>,
linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>, Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>,
James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com>
Subject: [RFC net-next 1/3] ppp: use file.dead to check channel unregistration
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:26:44 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260416082656.86963-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev> (raw)
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
next reply other threads:[~2026-04-16 8:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-16 8:26 Qingfang Deng [this message]
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
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