Re: [PATCH v2] ppp: Move PFC decompression to PPP generic layer

From: Guillaume Nault
Date: Thu Dec 20 2018 - 16:42:18 EST


On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 08:29:20PM +0200, Sam Protsenko wrote:
> Extract "Protocol" field decompression code from transport protocols to
> PPP generic layer, where it actually belongs. As a consequence, this
> patch fixes incorrect place of PFC decompression in L2TP driver (when
> it's not PPPOX_BOUND) and also enables this decompression for other
> protocols, like PPPoE.
>
Nice to see PFC implementation moving to ppp_generic.

> Protocol field decompression also happens in PPP Multilink Protocol
> code and in PPP compression protocols implementations (bsd, deflate,
> mppe). It looks like there is no easy way to get rid of that, so it was
> decided to leave it as is, but provide those cases with appropriate
> comments instead.
>
Thanks a lot for taking care of all these particular cases.

Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Just a side note, this is for net-next. It's better to make that
explicit by using a subject prefix like [PATCH net-next].

> Signed-off-by: Sam Protsenko <semen.protsenko@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Fix the order of checking skb data room and proto decompression
> - Remove "inline" keyword from ppp_decompress_proto()
> - Don't split line before function name
> - Prefix ppp_decompress_proto() function with "__"
> - Add ppp_decompress_proto() function with skb data room checks
> - Add description for introduced functions
> - Fix comments (as per review on mailing list)
>
Also, for networking patches, list of changes normally goes into the
commit message.