2 files changed, 7 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index dc7c7ec43202..02ad03a2fab7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -605,30 +605,13 @@ static long ppp_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 
 	if (cmd == PPPIOCDETACH) {
 		/*
-		 * We have to be careful here... if the file descriptor
-		 * has been dup'd, we could have another process in the
-		 * middle of a poll using the same file *, so we had
-		 * better not free the interface data structures -
-		 * instead we fail the ioctl.  Even in this case, we
-		 * shut down the interface if we are the owner of it.
-		 * Actually, we should get rid of PPPIOCDETACH, userland
-		 * (i.e. pppd) could achieve the same effect by closing
-		 * this fd and reopening /dev/ppp.
+		 * PPPIOCDETACH is no longer supported as it was heavily broken,
+		 * and is only known to have been used by pppd older than
+		 * ppp-2.4.2 (released November 2003).
 		 */
+		pr_warn_once("%s (%d) used obsolete PPPIOCDETACH ioctl\n",
+			     current->comm, current->pid);
 		err = -EINVAL;
-		if (pf->kind == INTERFACE) {
-			ppp = PF_TO_PPP(pf);
-			rtnl_lock();
-			if (file == ppp->owner)
-				unregister_netdevice(ppp->dev);
-			rtnl_unlock();
-		}
-		if (atomic_long_read(&file->f_count) < 2) {
-			ppp_release(NULL, file);
-			err = 0;
-		} else
-			pr_warn("PPPIOCDETACH file->f_count=%ld\n",
-				atomic_long_read(&file->f_count));
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
index 40d0c80fa6ef..de51e8f70f44 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c
@@ -1096,21 +1096,6 @@ static const struct seq_operations pppoe_seq_ops = {
 	.stop		= pppoe_seq_stop,
 	.show		= pppoe_seq_show,
 };
-
-static int pppoe_seq_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
-{
-	return seq_open_net(inode, file, &pppoe_seq_ops,
-			sizeof(struct seq_net_private));
-}
-
-static const struct file_operations pppoe_seq_fops = {
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
-	.open		= pppoe_seq_open,
-	.read		= seq_read,
-	.llseek		= seq_lseek,
-	.release	= seq_release_net,
-};
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 static const struct proto_ops pppoe_ops = {
@@ -1146,7 +1131,8 @@ static __net_init int pppoe_init_net(struct net *net)
 
 	rwlock_init(&pn->hash_lock);
 
-	pde = proc_create("pppoe", 0444, net->proc_net, &pppoe_seq_fops);
+	pde = proc_create_net("pppoe", 0444, net->proc_net,
+			&pppoe_seq_ops, sizeof(struct seq_net_private));
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	if (!pde)
 		return -ENOMEM;