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net: handle ARPHRD_PPP in dev_is_mac_header_xmit()

The goal is to support a bpf_redirect() from an ethernet device (ingress)
to a ppp device (egress).
The l2 header is added automatically by the ppp driver, thus the ethernet
header should be removed.

CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
Fixes: 27b29f63058d ("bpf: add bpf_redirect() helper")
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Tested-by: Siwar Zitouni <siwar.zitouni@6wind.com>
Reviewed-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

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Nicolas Dichtel and committed by
David S. Miller
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include/linux/if_arp.h
··· 53 53 case ARPHRD_NONE: 54 54 case ARPHRD_RAWIP: 55 55 case ARPHRD_PIMREG: 56 + /* PPP adds its l2 header automatically in ppp_start_xmit(). 57 + * This makes it look like an l3 device to __bpf_redirect() and tcf_mirred_init(). 58 + */ 59 + case ARPHRD_PPP: 56 60 return false; 57 61 default: 58 62 return true;