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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>,
	Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>, Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>,
	Eric Woudstra <ericwouds@gmail.com>,
	netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@ozlabs.org>,
	linux-ppp@vger.kernel.org, Jaco Kroon <jaco@uls.co.za>,
	James Carlson <carlsonj@workingcode.com>,
	Dianne Skoll <dianne@skoll.ca>,
	Denys Fedoryshchenko <nuclearcat@nuclearcat.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH net-next] pppoe: drop getsockname() syscall
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:16:12 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260415091614.266198-1-qingfang.deng@linux.dev> (raw)

The getsockname syscall is not used by pppd. It also has two flaws:
1. It does not hold the socket lock, so if the struct is being changed
   in pppoe_connect() simultaneously, it may see partial updates.
2. If the lower network device is renamed, this operation still returns
   the original name.

Given it is unused and buggy, remove the syscall.

Signed-off-by: Qingfang Deng <qingfang.deng@linux.dev>
---
Note: sent as RFC, since net-next is closed.

 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c | 18 +-----------------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 17 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index d546a7af0d54..0d64a16715e2 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -688,22 +688,6 @@ static int pppoe_connect(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr_unsized *uservaddr
 	goto end;
 }
 
-static int pppoe_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
-		  int peer)
-{
-	int len = sizeof(struct sockaddr_pppox);
-	struct sockaddr_pppox sp;
-
-	sp.sa_family	= AF_PPPOX;
-	sp.sa_protocol	= PX_PROTO_OE;
-	memcpy(&sp.sa_addr.pppoe, &pppox_sk(sock->sk)->pppoe_pa,
-	       sizeof(struct pppoe_addr));
-
-	memcpy(uaddr, &sp, len);
-
-	return len;
-}
-
 static int pppoe_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd,
 		unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -1049,7 +1033,7 @@ static const struct proto_ops pppoe_ops = {
 	.connect	= pppoe_connect,
 	.socketpair	= sock_no_socketpair,
 	.accept		= sock_no_accept,
-	.getname	= pppoe_getname,
+	.getname	= sock_no_getname,
 	.poll		= datagram_poll,
 	.listen		= sock_no_listen,
 	.shutdown	= sock_no_shutdown,
-- 
2.43.0


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