[RFC PATCH net-next] pppoe: drop getsockname() syscall

From: Qingfang Deng

Date: Wed Apr 15 2026 - 05:16:51 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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