Merge branch 'add-ppp_generic-ioctls-to-bridge-channels'

Tom Parkin says:

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add ppp_generic ioctl(s) to bridge channels
Following on from my previous RFC[1], this series adds two ioctl calls
to the ppp code to implement "channel bridging".

When two ppp channels are bridged, frames presented to ppp_input() on
one channel are passed to the other channel's ->start_xmit function for
transmission.

The primary use-case for this functionality is in an L2TP Access
Concentrator where PPP frames are typically presented in a PPPoE session
(e.g. from a home broadband user) and are forwarded to the ISP network in
a PPPoL2TP session.

The two new ioctls, PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN and PPPIOCUNBRIDGECHAN form a
symmetric pair.

Userspace code testing and illustrating use of the ioctl calls is
available in the go-l2tp[2] and l2tp-ktest[3] repositories.

[1]. Previous RFC series:

https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/20201106181647.16358-1-tparkin@katalix.com/

[2]. go-l2tp: a Go library for building L2TP applications on Linux
systems. Support for the PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN ioctl is on a branch:

https://github.com/katalix/go-l2tp/tree/tp_002_pppoe_2

[3]. l2tp-ktest: a test suite for the Linux Kernel L2TP subsystem.
Support for the PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN ioctl is on a branch:

https://github.com/katalix/l2tp-ktest/tree/tp_ac_pppoe_tests_2

Changelog:

v4:
    * Fix NULL-pointer access in PPPIOCBRIDGECHAN in the case that the
      ID of the channel to be bridged wasn't found.
    * Add comment in ppp_unbridge_channels to better document the
      unbridge process.

v3:
    * Use rcu_dereference_protected for accessing struct channel
      'bridge' field during updates with lock 'upl' held.
    * Avoid race in ppp_unbridge_channels by ensuring that each channel
      in the bridge points to it's peer before decrementing refcounts.

v2:
    * Add missing __rcu annotation to struct channel 'bridge' field in
      order to squash a sparse warning from a C=1 build
    * Integrate review comments from gnault@redhat.com
    * Have ppp_unbridge_channels return -EINVAL if the channel isn't
      part of a bridge: this better aligns with the return code from
      ppp_disconnect_channel.
    * Improve docs update by including information on ioctl arguments
      and error return codes.
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Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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