[PATCH 12/13 net-next] net: ipv4: disable IPv4-only sysctls when CONFIG_IPV4=n
From: Fernando Fernandez Mancera
Date: Thu Sep 10 2026 - 11:11:13 EST
To avoid noise and unexpected problems, let's hide all the sysctls that
are related to IPv4 only when the kernel is compiled without IPv4
support.
Signed-off-by: Fernando Fernandez Mancera <fmancera@xxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
index f6c7b755fa7e..f86883ea0c20 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ static int tcp_min_snd_mss_max = 65535;
static int tcp_rto_max_max = TCP_RTO_MAX_SEC * MSEC_PER_SEC;
static int ip_privileged_port_min;
static int ip_privileged_port_max = 65535;
-static int ip_ttl_min = 1;
-static int ip_ttl_max = 255;
+static int ip_ttl_min __maybe_unused = 1;
+static int ip_ttl_max __maybe_unused = 255;
static int tcp_syn_retries_min = 1;
static int tcp_syn_retries_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT;
static int tcp_syn_linear_timeouts_max = MAX_TCP_SYNCNT;
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ static int tcp_plb_max_rounds = 31;
static int tcp_plb_max_cong_thresh = 256;
static unsigned int tcp_tw_reuse_delay_max = TCP_PAWS_MSL * MSEC_PER_SEC;
static int tcp_ecn_mode_max = 5;
-static u32 icmp_errors_extension_mask_all =
+static u32 icmp_errors_extension_mask_all __maybe_unused =
GENMASK_U8(ICMP_ERR_EXT_COUNT - 1, 0);
/* obsolete */
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ static int ipv4_ping_group_range(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return ret;
}
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
static int ipv4_fwd_update_priority(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
{
@@ -214,6 +215,7 @@ static int ipv4_fwd_update_priority(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
return ret;
}
+#endif
static int proc_tcp_congestion_control(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -439,6 +441,7 @@ static int proc_udp_hash_entries(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
}
#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_policy(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos)
@@ -469,6 +472,7 @@ static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_fields(const struct ctl_table *table, int wri
return ret;
}
+#endif
static u32 proc_fib_multipath_hash_rand_seed __ro_after_init;
@@ -490,6 +494,7 @@ static void proc_fib_multipath_hash_set_seed(struct net *net, u32 user_seed)
WRITE_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_fib_multipath_hash_seed.mp_seed, new.mp_seed);
}
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_seed(const struct ctl_table *table, int write,
void *buffer, size_t *lenp,
loff_t *ppos)
@@ -515,6 +520,7 @@ static int proc_fib_multipath_hash_seed(const struct ctl_table *table, int write
return ret;
}
+#endif
#else
static void proc_fib_multipath_hash_init_rand_seed(void)
@@ -634,6 +640,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "icmp_echo_ignore_all",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_all,
@@ -643,6 +650,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "icmp_echo_enable_probe",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_enable_probe,
@@ -652,6 +660,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts,
@@ -702,6 +711,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "icmp_msgs_per_sec",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_icmp_msgs_per_sec,
@@ -772,6 +782,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "ip_dynaddr",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_dynaddr,
@@ -779,6 +790,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "ip_early_demux",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_early_demux,
@@ -809,6 +821,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "ip_default_ttl",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_default_ttl,
@@ -818,6 +831,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = &ip_ttl_min,
.extra2 = &ip_ttl_max,
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "ip_local_port_range",
.maxlen = 0,
@@ -839,6 +853,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_do_large_bitmap,
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "ip_no_pmtu_disc",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_no_pmtu_disc,
@@ -869,6 +884,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "ip_autobind_reuse",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_ip_autobind_reuse,
@@ -878,6 +894,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_ONE,
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "fwmark_reflect",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_fwmark_reflect,
@@ -885,6 +902,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_dou8vec_minmax,
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "tcp_fwmark_accept",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_fwmark_accept,
@@ -950,6 +968,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.proc_handler = proc_douintvec_minmax,
.extra2 = &u32_max_div_HZ,
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "igmp_link_local_mcast_reports",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_igmp_llm_reports,
@@ -980,6 +999,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE
},
+#endif
#endif
{
.procname = "tcp_congestion_control",
@@ -1152,6 +1172,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.proc_handler = proc_tfo_blackhole_detect_timeout,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
#ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH
{
.procname = "fib_multipath_use_neigh",
@@ -1187,6 +1208,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.mode = 0644,
.proc_handler = proc_fib_multipath_hash_seed,
},
+#endif
#endif
{
.procname = "ip_unprivileged_port_start",
@@ -1561,6 +1583,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.proc_handler = proc_dointvec_minmax,
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ONE
},
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV4)
{
.procname = "fib_notify_on_flag_change",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_fib_notify_on_flag_change,
@@ -1570,6 +1593,7 @@ static const struct ctl_table ipv4_net_table[] = {
.extra1 = SYSCTL_ZERO,
.extra2 = SYSCTL_TWO,
},
+#endif
{
.procname = "tcp_plb_enabled",
.data = &init_net.ipv4.sysctl_tcp_plb_enabled,
--
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