Re: [PATCH net-next] pppoe: optional deactivation of PADT packet handling

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From: Guillaume Nault <g.nault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 17:06:39 +0100

> @@ -109,6 +109,18 @@ struct pppoe_net {
>  	rwlock_t hash_lock;
>  };
>  
> +/* PADT packets belong to PPPoE's discovery stage (i.e. control plane)
> + * and should be handled by user space. Unfortunately, some programs
> + * don't listen out for PADT packets and rely on pppoe module for
> + * closing session after reception of PADT.
> + *
> + * This option can be deactivated when PPPoE discovery is handled by
> + * a PADT aware program.
> + */
> +static bool handle_padt __read_mostly = true;
> +module_param(handle_padt, bool, 0444);
> +MODULE_PARM_DESC(handle_padt, "Let kernel interpret incoming PADT");

No module options, please.
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