[RFC PATCH v1 09/30] sysctl: net: use sysctl_field in xfrm sysctls
From: Alexey Gladkov
Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 15:47:09 EST
The xfrm sysctl table is cloned for each network namespace only to
replace data pointers with per-net storage. The descriptors are
otherwise static, while unprivileged network namespaces still register
an empty table to preserve the existing visibility rule.
Use sysctl_field accessors to derive the per-net storage from the
registration context instead. This keeps the xfrm descriptors const and
removes the per-net ctl_table allocation and free path without changing
which sysctls are exposed.
Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c | 77 ++++++++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 47 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c
index ca003e8a0376..1097dd4dc0dc 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_sysctl.c
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
#include <linux/sysctl.h>
-#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <net/net_namespace.h>
#include <net/xfrm.h>
@@ -13,71 +12,55 @@ static void __net_init __xfrm_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
}
#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
-static struct ctl_table xfrm_table[] = {
- {
- .procname = "xfrm_aevent_etime",
- .maxlen = sizeof(u32),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_douintvec
- },
- {
- .procname = "xfrm_aevent_rseqth",
- .maxlen = sizeof(u32),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_douintvec
- },
- {
- .procname = "xfrm_larval_drop",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec
- },
- {
- .procname = "xfrm_acq_expires",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = proc_dointvec
- },
+#define XFRM_UINT_DATA(name) \
+static unsigned int *xfrm_ ## name ## _data(const struct sysctl_context *ctx) \
+{ \
+ return &ctx->ns.net_ns->xfrm.name; \
+}
+
+#define XFRM_INT_DATA(name) \
+static int *xfrm_ ## name ## _data(const struct sysctl_context *ctx) \
+{ \
+ return &ctx->ns.net_ns->xfrm.name; \
+}
+
+XFRM_UINT_DATA(sysctl_aevent_etime)
+XFRM_UINT_DATA(sysctl_aevent_rseqth)
+XFRM_INT_DATA(sysctl_larval_drop)
+XFRM_INT_DATA(sysctl_acq_expires)
+
+static const struct sysctl_field xfrm_table[] = {
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_UINT("xfrm_aevent_etime", 0644, xfrm_sysctl_aevent_etime_data),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_UINT("xfrm_aevent_rseqth", 0644, xfrm_sysctl_aevent_rseqth_data),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_INT("xfrm_larval_drop", 0644, xfrm_sysctl_larval_drop_data),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_INT("xfrm_acq_expires", 0644, xfrm_sysctl_acq_expires_data),
};
int __net_init xfrm_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
{
- struct ctl_table *table;
+ struct sysctl_context ctx = {
+ .ns.net_ns = net,
+ };
size_t table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(xfrm_table);
__xfrm_sysctl_init(net);
- table = kmemdup(xfrm_table, sizeof(xfrm_table), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!table)
- goto out_kmemdup;
- table[0].data = &net->xfrm.sysctl_aevent_etime;
- table[1].data = &net->xfrm.sysctl_aevent_rseqth;
- table[2].data = &net->xfrm.sysctl_larval_drop;
- table[3].data = &net->xfrm.sysctl_acq_expires;
-
/* Don't export sysctls to unprivileged users */
if (net->user_ns != &init_user_ns)
table_size = 0;
- net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr = register_net_sysctl_sz(net, "net/core", table,
- table_size);
+ net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr = __register_sysctl_fields(&net->sysctls, "net/core",
+ xfrm_table, table_size,
+ &ctx, sizeof(ctx));
if (!net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr)
- goto out_register;
- return 0;
+ return -ENOMEM;
-out_register:
- kfree(table);
-out_kmemdup:
- return -ENOMEM;
+ return 0;
}
void __net_exit xfrm_sysctl_fini(struct net *net)
{
- const struct ctl_table *table;
-
- table = net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;
unregister_net_sysctl_table(net->xfrm.sysctl_hdr);
- kfree(table);
}
#else
int __net_init xfrm_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
--
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