[PATCH] ppp: dead code cleanup in Kconfig

From: Julian Braha

Date: Mon Mar 30 2026 - 17:34:40 EST


There is already an 'if PPP' condition wrapping several config options
e.g. PPP_MPPE and PPPOE, making the 'depends on PPP' statement for each of
these a duplicate dependency (dead code).

I propose leaving the outer 'if PPP...endif' and removing the individual
'depends on PPP' statement from each option.

This dead code was found by kconfirm, a static analysis tool for Kconfig.

Signed-off-by: Julian Braha <julianbraha@xxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig | 14 +++-----------
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
index a1806b4b84be..f57fba84fe55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/Kconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ if PPP

config PPP_BSDCOMP
tristate "PPP BSD-Compress compression"
- depends on PPP
help
Support for the BSD-Compress compression method for PPP, which uses
the LZW compression method to compress each PPP packet before it is
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ config PPP_BSDCOMP

config PPP_DEFLATE
tristate "PPP Deflate compression"
- depends on PPP
select ZLIB_INFLATE
select ZLIB_DEFLATE
help
@@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ config PPP_DEFLATE

config PPP_FILTER
bool "PPP filtering"
- depends on PPP
help
Say Y here if you want to be able to filter the packets passing over
PPP interfaces. This allows you to control which packets count as
@@ -84,7 +81,6 @@ config PPP_FILTER

config PPP_MPPE
tristate "PPP MPPE compression (encryption)"
- depends on PPP
select CRYPTO_LIB_ARC4
select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA1
help
@@ -96,7 +92,6 @@ config PPP_MPPE

config PPP_MULTILINK
bool "PPP multilink support"
- depends on PPP
help
PPP multilink is a protocol (defined in RFC 1990) which allows you
to combine several (logical or physical) lines into one logical PPP
@@ -109,7 +104,7 @@ config PPP_MULTILINK

config PPPOATM
tristate "PPP over ATM"
- depends on ATM && PPP
+ depends on ATM
help
Support PPP (Point to Point Protocol) encapsulated in ATM frames.
This implementation does not yet comply with section 8 of RFC2364,
@@ -118,7 +113,6 @@ config PPPOATM

config PPPOE
tristate "PPP over Ethernet"
- depends on PPP
help
Support for PPP over Ethernet.

@@ -164,7 +158,7 @@ config PPPOE_HASH_BITS

config PPTP
tristate "PPP over IPv4 (PPTP)"
- depends on PPP && NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
+ depends on NET_IPGRE_DEMUX
help
Support for PPP over IPv4.(Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

@@ -175,7 +169,7 @@ config PPTP

config PPPOL2TP
tristate "PPP over L2TP"
- depends on L2TP && PPP
+ depends on L2TP
help
Support for PPP-over-L2TP socket family. L2TP is a protocol
used by ISPs and enterprises to tunnel PPP traffic over UDP
@@ -184,7 +178,6 @@ if TTY

config PPP_ASYNC
tristate "PPP support for async serial ports"
- depends on PPP
select CRC_CCITT
help
Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over standard
@@ -198,7 +191,6 @@ config PPP_ASYNC

config PPP_SYNC_TTY
tristate "PPP support for sync tty ports"
- depends on PPP
help
Say Y (or M) here if you want to be able to use PPP over synchronous
(HDLC) tty devices, such as the SyncLink adapter. These devices
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