[PATCH RFC v3 10/13] sysctl, net: update register_net_sysctl_sz() edge case

From: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira

Date: Wed Aug 19 2026 - 14:29:28 EST


Handle the last (edge) case:
- nf_log.c: ignore sysctl table with template set at run-time.

And re-enable the macro.

Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <mfo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/sysctl.h | 3 ---
net/netfilter/nf_log.c | 9 +++++----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 7241dbf7eb81ce9f906e33645d03944671c5e6f1..b808fbc1d964f453db8e354825fd8800db1eecd3 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -309,9 +309,6 @@ struct ctl_table_root {
*
* Define the macro SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES_DISABLE to disable this.
*/
-
-#define SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES_DISABLE
-
#if defined(CONFIG_SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES) && defined(MODULE) && \
!defined(SYSCTL_MODULE_ALIASES_DISABLE)

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index f4d80654dfe6ab6abd886e224f400e4444bcd29b..ed4a5a6b8d95b82676397f6747ef5d988c9060ea 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -518,10 +518,11 @@ static int netfilter_log_sysctl_init(struct net *net)
for (i = NFPROTO_UNSPEC; i < NFPROTO_NUMPROTO; i++)
table[i].extra2 = net;

- net->nf.nf_log_dir_header = register_net_sysctl_sz(net,
- "net/netfilter/nf_log",
- table,
- ARRAY_SIZE(nf_log_sysctl_table));
+ /* MODULE_SYSCTL_TABLE(): template table's .procname set at run-time. */
+ net->nf.nf_log_dir_header = __register_net_sysctl_sz(net,
+ "net/netfilter/nf_log",
+ table,
+ ARRAY_SIZE(nf_log_sysctl_table));
if (!net->nf.nf_log_dir_header)
goto err_reg;


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2.47.3