[RFC PATCH v1 25/30] sysctl: bridge: use sysctl_field for br_netfilter sysctls

From: Alexey Gladkov

Date: Wed Aug 26 2026 - 15:53:31 EST


br_netfilter clones its sysctl table for each non-init network namespace
so the registration path can patch in namespace-local data pointers. The
copied table then has to be kept alive until namespace teardown only so
it can be freed after unregistering the sysctls.

Use sysctl_field to derive the br_netfilter per-net data from the
registration context instead. This keeps the sysctl descriptors static
and const, and removes the per-net table copy and unregister-time free.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Gladkov <legion@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c | 99 ++++++++++++---------------------
1 file changed, 37 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c b/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c
index 0a394e5f4391..18eccde39885 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netfilter_hooks.c
@@ -1181,43 +1181,37 @@ int brnf_sysctl_call_tables(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
return ret;
}

-static struct ctl_table brnf_table[] = {
- {
- .procname = "bridge-nf-call-arptables",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
- },
- {
- .procname = "bridge-nf-call-iptables",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
- },
- {
- .procname = "bridge-nf-call-ip6tables",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
- },
- {
- .procname = "bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
- },
- {
- .procname = "bridge-nf-filter-pppoe-tagged",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
- },
- {
- .procname = "bridge-nf-pass-vlan-input-dev",
- .maxlen = sizeof(int),
- .mode = 0644,
- .proc_handler = brnf_sysctl_call_tables,
- },
+#define BRNF_DATA(field) \
+static void *brnf_ ## field ## _data(const struct sysctl_context *ctx) \
+{ \
+ struct brnf_net *brnet = net_generic(ctx->ns.net_ns, brnf_net_id); \
+ \
+ return &brnet->field; \
+}
+
+BRNF_DATA(call_arptables)
+BRNF_DATA(call_iptables)
+BRNF_DATA(call_ip6tables)
+BRNF_DATA(filter_vlan_tagged)
+BRNF_DATA(filter_pppoe_tagged)
+BRNF_DATA(pass_vlan_indev)
+#undef BRNF_DATA
+
+static const struct sysctl_field brnf_table[] = {
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("bridge-nf-call-arptables", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ brnf_call_arptables_data, brnf_sysctl_call_tables),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("bridge-nf-call-iptables", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ brnf_call_iptables_data, brnf_sysctl_call_tables),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("bridge-nf-call-ip6tables", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ brnf_call_ip6tables_data, brnf_sysctl_call_tables),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ brnf_filter_vlan_tagged_data,
+ brnf_sysctl_call_tables),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("bridge-nf-filter-pppoe-tagged", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ brnf_filter_pppoe_tagged_data,
+ brnf_sysctl_call_tables),
+ SYSCTL_FIELD_CUSTOM("bridge-nf-pass-vlan-input-dev", 0644, sizeof(int),
+ brnf_pass_vlan_indev_data, brnf_sysctl_call_tables),
};

static inline void br_netfilter_sysctl_default(struct brnf_net *brnf)
@@ -1232,33 +1226,18 @@ static inline void br_netfilter_sysctl_default(struct brnf_net *brnf)

static int br_netfilter_sysctl_init_net(struct net *net)
{
- struct ctl_table *table = brnf_table;
+ struct sysctl_context ctx = {
+ .ns.net_ns = net,
+ };
struct brnf_net *brnet;

- if (!net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
- table = kmemdup(table, sizeof(brnf_table), GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!table)
- return -ENOMEM;
- }
-
brnet = net_generic(net, brnf_net_id);
- table[0].data = &brnet->call_arptables;
- table[1].data = &brnet->call_iptables;
- table[2].data = &brnet->call_ip6tables;
- table[3].data = &brnet->filter_vlan_tagged;
- table[4].data = &brnet->filter_pppoe_tagged;
- table[5].data = &brnet->pass_vlan_indev;
-
br_netfilter_sysctl_default(brnet);

- brnet->ctl_hdr = register_net_sysctl_sz(net, "net/bridge", table,
- ARRAY_SIZE(brnf_table));
- if (!brnet->ctl_hdr) {
- if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
- kfree(table);
-
+ brnet->ctl_hdr = register_sysctl_fields(&net->sysctls, "net/bridge",
+ brnf_table, &ctx);
+ if (!brnet->ctl_hdr)
return -ENOMEM;
- }

return 0;
}
@@ -1266,11 +1245,7 @@ static int br_netfilter_sysctl_init_net(struct net *net)
static void br_netfilter_sysctl_exit_net(struct net *net,
struct brnf_net *brnet)
{
- const struct ctl_table *table = brnet->ctl_hdr->ctl_table_arg;
-
unregister_net_sysctl_table(brnet->ctl_hdr);
- if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
- kfree(table);
}

static int __net_init brnf_init_net(struct net *net)
--
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